From 9c8b25515b43e0502f1c9c00d4ce4a6755143f3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Martin <martine@danga.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 13:21:21 -0700
Subject: add escaping function to python module

---
 misc/ninja.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/misc/ninja.py b/misc/ninja.py
index abde596..7fa4bf1 100644
--- a/misc/ninja.py
+++ b/misc/ninja.py
@@ -84,3 +84,11 @@ class Writer(object):
         if isinstance(input, list):
             return input
         return [input]
+
+
+def escape(string):
+    """Escape a string such that it can be embedded into a Ninja file without
+    further interpretation."""
+    assert '\n' not in string, 'Ninja syntax does not allow newlines'
+    # We only have one special metacharacter: '$'.
+    return string.replace('$', '$$')
-- 
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