Index: ext/json/ext/parser/unicode.c
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--- ext/json/ext/parser/unicode.c	(revision 22918)
+++ ext/json/ext/parser/unicode.c	(working copy)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         buf[1] = *p++;
         buf[2] = *p++;
         buf[3] = *p++;
-        tmpPtr[i] = strtol(buf, NULL, 16);
+        tmpPtr[i] = (UTF16)strtol(buf, NULL, 16);
         p += 2;
     }