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+# Include file that implements 'decodePercent' and friends. Do not import it!
+
+proc handleHexChar(c: char, x: var int, f: var bool) {.inline.} =
+  case c
+  of '0'..'9': x = (x shl 4) or (ord(c) - ord('0'))
+  of 'a'..'f': x = (x shl 4) or (ord(c) - ord('a') + 10)
+  of 'A'..'F': x = (x shl 4) or (ord(c) - ord('A') + 10)
+  else: f = true
+
+proc decodePercent(s: string, i: var int): char =
+  ## Converts `%xx` hexadecimal to the charracter with ordinal number `xx`.
+  ##
+  ## If `xx` is not a valid hexadecimal value, it is left intact: only the
+  ## leading `%` is returned as-is, and `xx` characters will be processed in the
+  ## next step (e.g. in `uri.decodeUrl`) as regular characters.
+  result = '%'
+  if i+2 < s.len:
+    var x = 0
+    var failed = false
+    handleHexChar(s[i+1], x, failed)
+    handleHexChar(s[i+2], x, failed)
+    if not failed:
+      result = chr(x)
+      inc(i, 2)