Error compiling VCL when using '% in regexp

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <DD929CD9109B0A4D8C34B732A6D35CC43C34E274 at MBX03.exg5.exghost.com>, N
aama Bamberger writes:

>I get this error:
>
>Invalid hex char in %xx escape
>(input Line 107 Pos 28)
>        if (req.url ~ "(.*)%[0-9a-fA-F]$") {
>---------------------------###--------------
>

Try: %25

One of the decisions I had most trouble with, was deciding which
kind of escape-mechanism we wanted for strings in VCL.

In the end I settled for URL-%xx encoding, because I pressume
webmasters know it, and because it avoids a nightmare of back-slashes
in regexps.

I'm not 100% convinced that was the perfect decision...

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