I've been trying out String::Escape.
The docs show using double backslash escapes however it appears to work the same with single backslashed r, t and n.
However, it does not appear to work with hex or octal escapes. 

erickn@cosmora01d:/home/erickn/String-Escape-2002.001/blib/lib> cat x
use lib '.';
use String::Escape qw(unprintable);

$var = 'this\tis\ta\011string\x09with some text\r\n';
print unprintable($var);

$var = 'this\\tis\\ta\\011string\\x09with some text\\r\\n';
print unprintable($var);

erickn@cosmora01d:/home/erickn/String-Escape-2002.001/blib/lib> perl x
this    is      a1string\x09with some text
this    is      a1string\x09with some text

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Am I using it incorrectly?

In reply to Re: String::Escape by mifflin
in thread efficient char escape sequence substitution by mifflin

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