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-rw-r--r--src/backend/regex/regc_lex.c13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/regex/regc_lex.c b/src/backend/regex/regc_lex.c
index 826203e35d2..b3d3ff66f75 100644
--- a/src/backend/regex/regc_lex.c
+++ b/src/backend/regex/regc_lex.c
@@ -616,7 +616,11 @@ lexescape(struct vars *v)
assert(!ATEOS());
c = *v->now++;
- if (!iscalnum(c))
+
+ /* if it's not alphanumeric ASCII, treat it as a plain character */
+ if (!('a' <= c && c <= 'z') &&
+ !('A' <= c && c <= 'Z') &&
+ !('0' <= c && c <= '9'))
RETV(PLAIN, c);
NOTE(REG_UNONPOSIX);
@@ -758,8 +762,11 @@ lexescape(struct vars *v)
RETV(PLAIN, c);
break;
default:
- assert(iscalpha(c));
- FAILW(REG_EESCAPE); /* unknown alphabetic escape */
+ /*
+ * Throw an error for unrecognized ASCII alpha escape sequences,
+ * which reserves them for future use if needed.
+ */
+ FAILW(REG_EESCAPE);
break;
}
assert(NOTREACHED);