Function _quote

Lib/http/cookies.py:183–193

r"""Quote a string for use in a cookie header. If the string does not need to be double-quoted, then just return the string. Otherwise, surround the string in doublequotes and quote (with a \) special characters.

(str)

def _quote(str):
    r"""Quote a string for use in a cookie header.

    If the string does not need to be double-quoted, then just return the
    string.  Otherwise, surround the string in doublequotes and quote
    (with a \) special characters.
    """
    if str is None or _is_legal_key(str):
        return str
    else:
        return '"' + str.translate(_Translator) + '"'


_unquote_sub = re.compile(r'\\(?:([0-3][0-7][0-7])|(.))').sub