Using \\ in a macro argument generates \ in html, but \\ in pdf

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

Section 19.2 of the manual says that backslashes in macro arguments need to be 
escaped as \\. This works fine for info and HTML generation, but when using 
texi2pdf, I get \\!

Attached is an example together with the output of makeinfo, makeinfo --html 
and texi2pdf:

@macro escapingslashes{TEXT}
\TEXT\
@end macro
@escapingslashes{\\test}

In HTML and info, this prints out \test, while in pdf this prints \\test.

Is this a bug in texi2pdf?

Cheers,
Reinhold
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Problems with slashes in macro arguments

\test

escaping_slashes_in_macros.info
Description: Text document

escaping_slashes_in_macros.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document

escaping_slashes_in_macros.texi
Description: Text document