🚀 go-pugleaf

In GNU Emacs 18.57.1 of Wed Feb 27 1991 on beast (berkeley-unix)

If I eval the string:

"^locks:[ \C-i]*\\([a-zA-Z0-9]*\\):?[ \C-i]*\\([0-9a-z\\.]*\\);[ \C-i]*\\([a-zA-Z]\\)$"

I get:

"^locks:[ 	]*\\([a-zA-Z0-9]*\\):?[ 	]*\\([0-9a-z\\.]*\\);[ 	]*\\([a-zA-Z]\\)$"

Whereas what I *expect* is 

"^locks:[ 	]*\([a-zA-Z0-9]*\):?[ 	]*\([0-9a-z\.]*\);[ 	]*\([a-zA-Z]\)$"


I am led to believe this should be so by the behavior seen when
evaluating the string:

"^locks:[ \C-i]*\([a-zA-Z0-9]*\):?[ \C-i]*\([0-9a-z\.]*\);[ \C-i]*\([a-zA-Z]\)$"

 ->

"^locks:[ 	]*([a-zA-Z0-9]*):?[ 	]*([0-9a-z.]*);[ 	]*([a-zA-Z])$"


If single backslashes are elided to no backslashes, shouldn't double
backslashes be elided to single ones?

  thanks,

  --nick caruso

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