pragma experimental ABIEncoderV2; contract C { function f() public pure returns (uint, byte, byte) { bytes memory encoded = abi.encodePacked("\\\\"); return (encoded.length, encoded[0], encoded[1]); } } // ==== // compileViaYul: also // ---- // f() -> 2, 0x5c00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, 0x5c00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000