possible assign + escaped quotes bug

Hi, I just upgraded my version of Smarty from 2.3.1 to 2.4.2 and discovered problems with the {assign ...} template function. The problem is still there in 2.5.0rc1 so I'm reporting it here I'm using the following in a template: --- testing assignments<br> {assign var="testing" value="this is \"escaped\" content"} {$testing}<br> --- In 2.3.1 this would display as: this is "escaped" content in 2.4.2 and in 2.5.0rc1 it displays as: this is \"escaped\" content This causes rendering problems when feeding this string to other smarty plugins. I naturally also tried the following assignment: {assign var="testing" value="this is "escaped" content"} In 2.3.1 this wouldn't display (which is correct behavior IMO) In 2.4.2 and 2.5.0rc1 it displays as: "this is "escaped" content" (note the unexpected "'s around the string). When assigning escaped values in the PHP code with $smarty->assign(), everything works like it should. The assign plugin hasn't changed since 2.3.1, so it should be another problem. Is this a bug? Regards, Niels niels at acklin dot nl