diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
index 57e09e4d81..f2895bd8e4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
@@ -236,10 +236,10 @@ class TextDescriptor extends Descriptor
     private function formatDefaultValue($default)
     {
         if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50400) {
-            return str_replace('\/', '/', json_encode($default));
+            return str_replace(array('\/', '\\\\'), array('/', '\\'), json_encode($default));
         }
 
-        return json_encode($default, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);
+        return str_replace('\\\\', '\\', json_encode($default, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
index 78a0195f7a..c1e732170f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
@@ -775,22 +775,14 @@ class Process
      * Stops the process.
      *
      * @param int|float $timeout The timeout in seconds
-     * @param int       $signal  A POSIX signal to send in case the process has not stop at timeout, default is SIGKILL
+     * @param int       $signal  A POSIX signal to send in case the process has not stop at timeout, default is SIGKILL (9)
      *
      * @return int The exit-code of the process
-     *
-     * @throws RuntimeException if the process got signaled
      */
     public function stop($timeout = 10, $signal = null)
     {
         $timeoutMicro = microtime(true) + $timeout;
         if ($this->isRunning()) {
-            if ('\\' === DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR && !$this->isSigchildEnabled()) {
-                exec(sprintf('taskkill /F /T /PID %d 2>&1', $this->getPid()), $output, $exitCode);
-                if ($exitCode > 0) {
-                    throw new RuntimeException('Unable to kill the process');
-                }
-            }
             // given `SIGTERM` may not be defined and that `proc_terminate` uses the constant value and not the constant itself, we use the same here
             $this->doSignal(15, false);
             do {
@@ -798,13 +790,9 @@ class Process
             } while ($this->isRunning() && microtime(true) < $timeoutMicro);
 
             if ($this->isRunning() && !$this->isSigchildEnabled()) {
-                if (null !== $signal || defined('SIGKILL')) {
-                    // avoid exception here :
-                    // process is supposed to be running, but it might have stop
-                    // just after this line.
-                    // in any case, let's silently discard the error, we can not do anything
-                    $this->doSignal($signal ?: SIGKILL, false);
-                }
+                // Avoid exception here: process is supposed to be running, but it might have stopped just
+                // after this line. In any case, let's silently discard the error, we cannot do anything.
+                $this->doSignal($signal ?: 9, false);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1473,7 +1461,18 @@ class Process
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (true !== @proc_terminate($this->process, $signal)) {
+        if ('\\' === DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
+            exec(sprintf('taskkill /F /T /PID %d 2>&1', $this->getPid()), $output, $exitCode);
+            if ($exitCode) {
+                if ($throwException) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Unable to kill the process (%s).', implode(' ', $output)));
+                }
+
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (true !== @proc_terminate($this->process, $signal) && '\\' !== DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
             if ($throwException) {
                 throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Error while sending signal `%s`.', $signal));
             }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
index 04f2237be2..cdc6caac93 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class Parser
         if (null === $indentation) {
             $newIndent = $this->getCurrentLineIndentation();
 
-            $unindentedEmbedBlock = $this->isStringUnIndentedCollectionItem($this->currentLine);
+            $unindentedEmbedBlock = $this->isStringUnIndentedCollectionItem();
 
             if (!$this->isCurrentLineEmpty() && 0 === $newIndent && !$unindentedEmbedBlock) {
                 throw new ParseException('Indentation problem.', $this->getRealCurrentLineNb() + 1, $this->currentLine);
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class Parser
             return;
         }
 
-        $isItUnindentedCollection = $this->isStringUnIndentedCollectionItem($this->currentLine);
+        $isItUnindentedCollection = $this->isStringUnIndentedCollectionItem();
 
         // Comments must not be removed inside a block scalar
         $removeCommentsPattern = '~'.self::BLOCK_SCALAR_HEADER_PATTERN.'$~';
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ class Parser
                 $removeComments = !preg_match($removeCommentsPattern, $this->currentLine);
             }
 
-            if ($isItUnindentedCollection && !$this->isStringUnIndentedCollectionItem($this->currentLine) && $newIndent === $indent) {
+            if ($isItUnindentedCollection && !$this->isStringUnIndentedCollectionItem() && $newIndent === $indent) {
                 $this->moveToPreviousLine();
                 break;
             }
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ class Parser
         if (
             $this->getCurrentLineIndentation() == $currentIndentation
             &&
-            $this->isStringUnIndentedCollectionItem($this->currentLine)
+            $this->isStringUnIndentedCollectionItem()
         ) {
             $ret = true;
         }