From 48e58859feaf43a4cd226f6e84a2b38f55866db1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Dawborn <tim.dawborn@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 15:51:23 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Change the Python codegen for string quoting to match the
 behaviour of `repr` on a string in CPython.

---
 generators/python.js | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/generators/python.js b/generators/python.js
index 3b7aa5727..390ee0482 100644
--- a/generators/python.js
+++ b/generators/python.js
@@ -193,9 +193,18 @@ Blockly.Python.quote_ = function(string) {
   // Can't use goog.string.quote since % must also be escaped.
   string = string.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')
                  .replace(/\n/g, '\\\n')
-                 .replace(/\%/g, '\\%')
-                 .replace(/'/g, '\\\'');
-  return '\'' + string + '\'';
+                 .replace(/\%/g, '\\%');
+
+  // Follow the CPython behaviour of repr() for a non-byte string.
+  var quote = '\'';
+  if (string.indexOf('\'') !== -1) {
+    if (string.indexOf('"') === -1) {
+      quote = '"';
+    } else {
+      string = string.replace(/'/g, '\\\'');
+    }
+  };
+  return quote + string + quote;
 };
 
 /**