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authorR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2012-03-14 19:31:47 (GMT)
committerR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2012-03-14 19:31:47 (GMT)
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#12818: remove escaping of () in quoted strings in formataddr
The quoting of ()s inside quoted strings is allowed by the RFC, but is not needed. There seems to be no reason to add needless escapes.
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@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
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+- Issue #12818: format address no longer needlessly \ escapes ()s in names when
+ the name ends up being quoted.
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- Issue #14062: BytesGenerator now correctly folds Header objects,
including using linesep when folding.