[VELOCITY-616] Escaping of directives does not work if the directive is in curly brackets

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5
• Fix Version/s: 1.6
• Component/s: Engine
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Alik
• Created: 24/Sep/08 06:10
• Updated: 24/Sep/08 19:00
• Resolved: 24/Sep/08 19:00

Description

To escape a directive, one must precede it with an escape backslash. According to the documentation:
#if ($foo)
\$bar
#end
Should render as
#if $foo)
$bar
#end
And it does.
However, if you enclose the directive in curly brackets, the escape is ignored:
#

{if}

($foo)
\$bar
#

{end}

Ignores the escape and evaluates to
\
(assuming $foo is false).