regexp-sans-escapes
regexp-sans-escapes is a compiled Lisp function in `allout.el
'.
(regexp-sans-escapes REGEXP &optional SUCCESSIVE-BACKSLASHES)
Return a copy of REGEXP with all character escapes stripped out.
Representations of actual backslashes -- '\\\\' -- are left as a
single backslash.
Optional arg SUCCESSIVE-BACKSLASHES is used internally for recursion.