[Bug 353] New: incorrect escaping of backslashes in strings with hush

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=353

           Summary: incorrect escaping of backslashes in strings with hush
           Product: Busybox
           Version: 1.14.x
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: Standard Compliance
        AssignedTo: unassigned at busybox.net
        ReportedBy: vapier at gentoo.org
                CC: busybox-cvs at busybox.net
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


if we do:
f="a\nb\nc\n"
echo "$f"
printf "$f"

we should first see:
a\nb\nc\n

and then:
a
b
c

but with hush, we get:
a\\nb\\nc\\n
a\nb\nc\n


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