6 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/urweb.h b/include/urweb.h
index 84da7694..b62adce1 100644
--- a/include/urweb.h
+++ b/include/urweb.h
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ uw_Basis_bool uw_Basis_isxdigit(uw_context, uw_Basis_char);
 uw_Basis_char uw_Basis_tolower(uw_context, uw_Basis_char);
 uw_Basis_char uw_Basis_toupper(uw_context, uw_Basis_char);
 
+uw_Basis_int uw_Basis_ord(uw_context, uw_Basis_char);
+uw_Basis_char uw_Basis_chr(uw_context, uw_Basis_int);
+
 uw_Basis_string uw_Basis_currentUrl(uw_context);
 void uw_set_currentUrl(uw_context, char *);
 
diff --git a/lib/ur/basis.urs b/lib/ur/basis.urs
index d61763af..ea50b0b3 100644
--- a/lib/ur/basis.urs
+++ b/lib/ur/basis.urs
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ val isupper : char -> bool
 val isxdigit : char -> bool
 val tolower : char -> char
 val toupper : char -> char
-
+val ord : char -> int
+val chr : int -> char
 
 (** String operations *)
 
diff --git a/lib/ur/char.ur b/lib/ur/char.ur
index 29e181e6..d2890bea 100644
--- a/lib/ur/char.ur
+++ b/lib/ur/char.ur
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ val isUpper = Basis.isupper
 val isXdigit = Basis.isxdigit
 val toLower = Basis.tolower
 val toUpper = Basis.toupper
+
+val toInt = Basis.ord
+val fromInt = Basis.chr
diff --git a/lib/ur/char.urs b/lib/ur/char.urs
index 02e55632..c185af92 100644
--- a/lib/ur/char.urs
+++ b/lib/ur/char.urs
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ val isUpper : t -> bool
 val isXdigit : t -> bool
 val toLower : t -> t
 val toUpper : t -> t
+
+val toInt : t -> int
+val fromInt : int -> t
diff --git a/src/c/urweb.c b/src/c/urweb.c
index 006e2e28..8ccecdaa 100644
--- a/src/c/urweb.c
+++ b/src/c/urweb.c
@@ -3375,6 +3375,14 @@ uw_Basis_char uw_Basis_toupper(uw_context ctx, uw_Basis_char c) {
   return toupper(c);
 }
 
+uw_Basis_int uw_Basis_ord(uw_context ctx, uw_Basis_char c) {
+  return (unsigned char)c;
+}
+
+uw_Basis_char uw_Basis_chr(uw_context ctx, uw_Basis_int n) {
+  return n;
+}
+
 uw_Basis_string uw_Basis_currentUrl(uw_context ctx) {
   return ctx->current_url;
 }
diff --git a/src/urweb.lex b/src/urweb.lex
index d2227d16..45f555dd 100644
--- a/src/urweb.lex
+++ b/src/urweb.lex
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ xint = x[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F];
 <STRING,CHAR> "\\\""  => (str := #"\"" :: !str; continue());
 <STRING,CHAR> "\\'"   => (str := #"'" :: !str; continue());
 <STRING,CHAR> "\\n"   => (str := #"\n" :: !str; continue());
+<STRING,CHAR> "\\\\"  => (str := #"\\" :: !str; continue());
 <STRING,CHAR> "\\t"   => (str := #"\t" :: !str; continue());
 <STRING,CHAR> "\n"    => (newline yypos;
 			  str := #"\n" :: !str; continue());