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-rw-r--r--lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb b/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb
index d8442f305b..561028fb6c 100644
--- a/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb
@@ -1054,6 +1054,12 @@ class RubyLex
break
elsif @ltype != "'" && @ltype != "]" && @ltype != ":" and ch == "#"
subtype = true
+ elsif ch == '\\' and @ltype == "'" #'
+ case ch = getc
+ when "\\", "\n", "'"
+ else
+ ungetc
+ end
elsif ch == '\\' #'
read_escape
end