func unquoteChar()

in util/strutil/quote.go [95:200]

• 101 lines of code
• 30 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

func unquoteChar(s string, quote byte) (value rune, multibyte bool, tail string, err error) {
	// easy cases
	switch c := s[0]; {
	case c == quote && (quote == '\'' || quote == '"'):
		err = ErrSyntax
		return
	case c >= utf8.RuneSelf:
		r, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s)
		return r, true, s[size:], nil
	case c != '\\':
		return rune(s[0]), false, s[1:], nil
	}

	// Hard case: c is backslash.
	if len(s) <= 1 {
		err = ErrSyntax
		return
	}
	c := s[1]
	s = s[2:]

	switch c {
	case 'a':
		value = '\a'
	case 'b':
		value = '\b'
	case 'f':
		value = '\f'
	case 'n':
		value = '\n'
	case 'r':
		value = '\r'
	case 't':
		value = '\t'
	case 'v':
		value = '\v'
	case 'x', 'u', 'U':
		n := 0
		switch c {
		case 'x':
			n = 2
		case 'u':
			n = 4
		case 'U':
			n = 8
		}
		var v rune
		if len(s) < n {
			err = ErrSyntax
			return
		}
		for j := 0; j < n; j++ {
			x, ok := unhex(s[j])
			if !ok {
				err = ErrSyntax
				return
			}
			v = v<<4 | x
		}
		s = s[n:]
		if c == 'x' {
			// Single-byte string, possibly not UTF-8.
			value = v
			break
		}
		if v > utf8.MaxRune {
			err = ErrSyntax
			return
		}
		value = v
		multibyte = true
	case '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7':
		v := rune(c) - '0'
		if len(s) < 2 {
			err = ErrSyntax
			return
		}
		for j := 0; j < 2; j++ { // One digit already; two more.
			x := rune(s[j]) - '0'
			if x < 0 || x > 7 {
				err = ErrSyntax
				return
			}
			v = (v << 3) | x
		}
		s = s[2:]
		if v > 255 {
			err = ErrSyntax
			return
		}
		value = v
	case '\\':
		value = '\\'
	case '\'', '"':
		if c != quote {
			err = ErrSyntax
			return
		}
		value = rune(c)
	default:
		err = ErrSyntax
		return
	}
	tail = s
	return
}