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<a href="https://gitlab.com/rockdaboot">Tim Rühsen</a>
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<p dir="auto"><code>hex_decode</code> is used by <code>gnutls_hex_decode2</code> and <code>gnutls_hex_decode</code> which are used at several places.</p>
<p dir="auto">The function <code>_gnutls_buffer_unescape()</code> itself seems to be suboptimal, under worst circumstances it has a O(n^2) behavior. Technically better would be a <code>_gnutls_buffer_append_unescape()</code> which unescapes the input while adding it to the buffer (would fit since there also is <code>_gnutls_buffer_append_escape()</code>).</p>
<p dir="auto">I prefer a unit test that tests the corner cases like incomplete/invalid escape sequences. Since that is not much, what existing unit test C file should it go into ? Also the old code adds random bytes if the escape sequence isn't valid (if sscanf() fails). What should we do if the input has e.g. something like <code>%Z</code> or <code>%aZ</code>. I suggest that we don't touch the sequence in such cases.</p>
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