Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/jacobwilliams/json-fortran into 505-version-2

Author: jacobwilliams

README.md

@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ JSON-Fortran: A Modern Fortran JSON API
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+
 
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 [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/json-fortran/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#unreleased)
@@ -40,9 +42,9 @@ JSON-Fortran is a user-friendly, thread-safe, and object-oriented API for readin
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src/json_parameters.F90

@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ module json_parameters
     character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: dot             = CK_'.'  !! path separator for [[json_get_by_path_default]]
     character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: tilde           = CK_'~'  !! RFC 6901 escape character
     character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: single_quote    = CK_"'"  !! for JSONPath bracket-notation
-    character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: slash           = CK_'/'  !! JSON special character
-    character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: backslash       = CK_'\'  !! JSON special character
     character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: quotation_mark  = CK_'"'  !! JSON special character
     character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: bspace          = achar(8,  kind=CK) !! JSON special character
     character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: horizontal_tab  = achar(9,  kind=CK) !! JSON special character
     character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: newline         = achar(10, kind=CK) !! JSON special character
     character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: formfeed        = achar(12, kind=CK) !! JSON special character
     character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: carriage_return = achar(13, kind=CK) !! JSON special character
+    character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: slash           = achar(47, kind=CK) !! JSON special character
+    character(kind=CK,len=*),parameter :: backslash       = achar(92, kind=CK) !! JSON special character
 
     !> default real number format statement (for writing real values to strings and files).
     !  Note that this can be overridden by calling [[json_initialize]].