@@ -245,8 +245,23 @@ def _read(self, fp, fpname):
245245if pos != - 1 and optval [pos - 1 ].isspace ():
246246optval = optval [:pos ]
247247optval = optval .strip ()
248- if optval == '""' :
249- optval = ''
248+
249+ # Remove paired unescaped-quotes
250+ unquoted_optval = ''
251+ escaped = False
252+ in_quote = False
253+ for c in optval :
254+ if not escaped and c == '"' :
255+ in_quote = not in_quote
256+ else :
257+ escaped = (c == '\\ ' )
258+ unquoted_optval += c
259+
260+ optval = unquoted_optval
261+
262+ optval = optval .replace ('\\ \\ ' ,'\\ ' )# Unescape backslashes
263+ optval = optval .replace (r'\"' ,'"' )# Unescape quotes
264+
250265optname = self .optionxform (optname .rstrip ())
251266cursect [optname ]= optval
252267else :
@@ -303,7 +318,11 @@ def write_section(name, section_dict):
303318fp .write ("[%s]\n " % name )
304319for (key ,value )in section_dict .items ():
305320if key != "__name__" :
306- fp .write ("\t %s = %s\n " % (key ,str (value ).replace ('\n ' ,'\n \t ' )))
321+ value = str (value )
322+ value = value .replace ('\\ ' ,'\\ \\ ' )# Escape backslashes
323+ value = value .replace ('"' ,r'\"' )# Escape quotes
324+ value = value .replace ('\n ' ,'\n \t ' )
325+ fp .write ("\t %s = %s\n " % (key ,value ))
307326# END if key is not __name__
308327# END section writing
309328