From 977f9e02665ddef6fd0977f4e13c0749e133dc20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Davison <andrew.davison@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:51:49 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] WIP

---
 src/parser.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 569dc6df7..7340c00f1 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@ static int get_escape(parser *p, const char **_src, bool *error, bool number)
 	if (ptr)
 		ch = g_escapes[ptr-g_anti_escapes];
 	else if ((isdigit(ch) || (ch == 'x')
-		|| (ch == 'u') || (ch == 'U')
+		|| (((ch == 'u') || (ch == 'U')) && (!p->flags.not_strict_iso || p->flags.json))
 		)
 		&& !number) {
 		bool unicode = false;