From 3db24934d6f2ef074e58eb9b116228327a963c9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Adam=20Kundr=C3=A1t?=
 <49568499+i123iu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 08:48:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix issue 1586 (#2725)

---
 packages/core/src/hotreload_utils.rs | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 packages/core/src/nodes.rs           |  1 +
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/hotreload_utils.rs b/packages/core/src/hotreload_utils.rs
index 43dde887c..86e901d65 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/hotreload_utils.rs
+++ b/packages/core/src/hotreload_utils.rs
@@ -71,3 +71,19 @@ pub enum FmtSegment {
         id: usize,
     },
 }
+
+/// A helper function for deserializing to a `&'static str`.
+/// Parses escaped characters (like `"\n"` or `"\t"`),
+/// which cannot be done in-place using the default serde json deserializer.
+///
+/// **Leaks the memory** in order to achieve a `'static` reference.
+///
+/// Solves [this issue](https://github.com/DioxusLabs/dioxus/issues/1586).
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub fn static_str_deserializer<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<&'static str, D::Error>
+where
+    D: serde::de::Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    <String as serde::Deserialize>::deserialize(deserializer)
+        .map(|s| Box::leak(Box::new(s)) as &'static str)
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/nodes.rs b/packages/core/src/nodes.rs
index fee79e36a..2e8048d6d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/nodes.rs
+++ b/packages/core/src/nodes.rs
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ pub enum TemplateNode {
     /// This template node is just a piece of static text
     Text {
         /// The actual text
+        #[serde(deserialize_with = "crate::hotreload_utils::static_str_deserializer")]
         text: &'static str,
     },