Currently *some* of the links[1] on page three of the `issue19835.pdf` test-case aren't clickable, since the destination (of the LinkAnnotation) becomes empty.
The reason is that these destinations include the character `\x1b`, which is interpreted as the start of a Unicode escape sequence specifying the language of the string; please refer to section [7.9.2.2 Text String Type](https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/pdfstandards/PDF32000_2008.pdf#G6.1957385) in the PDF specification.
Hence it seems that we need a way to optionally disable that behaviour, to avoid a "badly" formatted string from becoming empty (or truncated), at least for cases where we are:
- Parsing named destinations[2] and URLs.
- Handling "strings" that are actually /Name-instances.
- Building a lookup Object/Map based on some PDF data-structure.
*NOTE:* The issue that prompted this patch is obviously related to destinations, however I've gone through the `src/core/` folder and updated various other `stringToPDFString` call-sites that (directly or indirectly) fit the categories listed above.
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[1] Try clicking on anything on the line containing "Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 27".
[2] Unfortunately just skipping `stringToPDFString` in this case would cause other issues, such as the named destination becoming "unusable" in the viewer; see e.g. issues 14847 and 14864.
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