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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/roff.c,v
retrieving revision 1.394
retrieving revision 1.395
diff -u -p -r1.394 -r1.395
--- mandoc/roff.c	2022/06/07 09:41:59	1.394
+++ mandoc/roff.c	2022/08/16 17:30:11	1.395
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: roff.c,v 1.394 2022/06/07 09:41:59 schwarze Exp $ */
+/* $Id: roff.c,v 1.395 2022/08/16 17:30:11 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2015, 2017-2022 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2012, 2014 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
@@ -40,14 +40,6 @@
 #include "tbl_parse.h"
 #include "eqn_parse.h"
 
-/*
- * ASCII_ESC is used to signal from roff_getarg() to roff_expand()
- * that an escape sequence resulted from copy-in processing and
- * needs to be checked or interpolated.  As it is used nowhere
- * else, it is defined here rather than in a header file.
- */
-#define	ASCII_ESC	27
-
 /* Maximum number of string expansions per line, to break infinite loops. */
 #define	EXPAND_LIMIT	1000
 
@@ -1640,8 +1632,13 @@ roff_getarg(struct roff *r, char **cpp, int ln, int *p
 				cp++;
 				break;
 			case '\\':
-				newesc = 1;
+				/*
+				 * Signal to roff_expand() that an escape
+				 * sequence resulted from copy-in processing
+				 * and needs to be checked or interpolated.
+				 */
 				cp[-pairs] = ASCII_ESC;
+				newesc = 1;
 				pairs++;
 				cp++;
 				break;