+#include <apt-pkg/strutl.h>
+
+#include "assert.h"
+
+int main(int argc,char *argv[])
+{
+ string input, output, expected;
+
+ // no input
+ input = "foobar";
+ expected = "foobar";
+ output = DeEscapeString(input);
+ equals(output, expected);
+
+ // hex and octal
+ input = "foo\\040bar\\x0abaz";
+ expected = "foo bar\nbaz";
+ output = DeEscapeString(input);
+ equals(output, expected);
+
+ // at the end
+ input = "foo\\040";
+ expected = "foo ";
+ output = DeEscapeString(input);
+ equals(output, expected);
+
+ // double escape
+ input = "foo\\\\ x";
+ expected = "foo\\ x";
+ output = DeEscapeString(input);
+ equals(output, expected);
+
+ // double escape at the end
+ input = "\\\\foo\\\\";
+ expected = "\\foo\\";
+ output = DeEscapeString(input);
+ equals(output, expected);
+
+ return 0;
+}