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authorBen Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>2016-07-17 00:12:52 +0200
committerBen Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>2016-07-17 00:12:53 +0200
commit0f0cdb6827803015a9a3924fdafaef8dbcde048f (patch)
treec35159a2c5ba6b4c9d9bfe4aa759c1878fa06813 /libraries/base/GHC/Read.hs
parent24f5f368d8ed0b5f113c2753b2b2bdc99957dcb2 (diff)
downloadhaskell-0f0cdb6827803015a9a3924fdafaef8dbcde048f.tar.gz
Bugfix for bug 11632: `readLitChar` should consume null characters
Test Plan: The tests have been included. This change deals with a relatively minor edge case and should not break unrelated functionality. Reviewers: thomie, #core_libraries_committee, ekmett, bgamari Reviewed By: #core_libraries_committee, ekmett, bgamari Subscribers: bgamari, ekmett Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D2391 GHC Trac Issues: #11632
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libraries/base/GHC/Read.hs b/libraries/base/GHC/Read.hs
index 54fbc287a8..d7df82f1f6 100644
--- a/libraries/base/GHC/Read.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/GHC/Read.hs
@@ -229,7 +229,13 @@ lex s = readP_to_S L.hsLex s
--
lexLitChar :: ReadS String -- As defined by H2010
lexLitChar = readP_to_S (do { (s, _) <- P.gather L.lexChar ;
- return s })
+ let s' = removeNulls s in
+ return s' })
+ where
+ -- remove nulls from end of the character if they exist
+ removeNulls [] = []
+ removeNulls ('\\':'&':xs) = removeNulls xs
+ removeNulls (first:rest) = first : removeNulls rest
-- There was a skipSpaces before the P.gather L.lexChar,
-- but that seems inconsistent with readLitChar