Unnecessary stripslashes in format_questiontext()?

[ghost]

I noticed that there is a local format_questiontext() in question.php. It just calls the parent function, then calls stripslashes() on the returned question text, which results in the backslashes being removed.
Other question-types don't seem to do this, and backslashes can be useful..
Suggest removing the local function unless there is good reason for it to be there?

[gbateson]

Is the use of backslashes() in question.php causing you problems? Could you provide an example of a question for me to test on?

[ghost]

If you set the question text to: name 2-1 ctest title [AAA\BBBB]
it is displayed as: name 2-1 ctest title [AAABBBB].
(note that if you do the same in the question title, the backslash is preserved)

[gbateson]

Thanks very much for supplying the test case. I have removed the unnecessary call to stripslashes() and confirmed that backslashes in the question text are now preserved. Thanks for bringing this issue to my attention.