lib/gettext/po_entry.rb in gettext-3.4.5 vs lib/gettext/po_entry.rb in gettext-3.4.6

@@ -239,11 +239,10 @@
     class Formatter
       class << self
         def escape(string)
           return "" if string.nil?
 
-          string.gsub(/([\\"\t\r\n])/) do
-            special_character = $1
+          string.gsub(/[\\"\t\r\n]/) do |special_character|
             case special_character
             when "\t"
               "\\t"
             when "\r"
               "\\r"