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Normalize hex codes in unicode escape sequences in f-strings (#4523) - #5526
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Closes #4523
Summary
When PR #4401 prevented quotes from normalizing inside f-strings containing backslashes (to avoid syntax errors like
f"{'\''}"turning intof"{'''}"), it bypassedvisit_STRING, completely suppressing normalize_unicode_escape_sequences() for f-strings.This PR introduces normalize_fstring_unicode_escape_sequences() to safely normalize hex codes in unicode escape sequences (e.g.
\xFF->\xff,\u00A0->\u00a0,\N{...}-> uppercase) within f-strings and t-strings while preserving AST equivalence:r/R(e.g.rf"...").f"{r'\xFF'}"without mutating escaped characters, preventing runtime value changes andASTSafetyError.=intact (e.g.f"{'\xFF'=}") since Python prints the literal source representation before=at runtime.Test Plan
=), raw string literals in fields,\N{...},\u..., and\U....pytest) and linters (flake8,black --check).