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The lexer's readString() did not handle occam's * escape character, causing *" inside string literals to prematurely terminate the string. Added escape tracking to match the pattern already used in readByteLiteral(). Fixes #65 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
readString()to handle occam's*escape character, so*"inside string literals doesn't prematurely terminate the stringconvertOccamStringEscapes()already handled*"→"conversion, so only the lexer needed updatingFixes #65
Test plan
TestStringEscapeQuote— lexer correctly reads"He said *"hello*""as a single string tokenTestE2E_StringWithEscapedQuote— full pipeline: transpile → compile → run producesHe said "hello"go test ./...)🤖 Generated with Claude Code