GNU bug report logs - #54486
29.0.50; Eshell `escaped' string property can "leak" into output

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Reported by: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 03:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Done: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: 54486 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54486: 29.0.50; Eshell `escaped' string property can "leak"
 into output
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 21:04:00 -0700

On 3/20/2022 8:52 PM, Jim Porter wrote:
> I can't think of an obvious fix for this though. Any ideas?

I forgot to add: the obvious solution might be "just copy the string 
before propertizing it", but the string might be very long (e.g. output 
from an external command), so I think it's probably best to avoid making 
more copies than absolutely necessary.
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