[issue33008] urllib.request.parse_http_list incorrectly strips backslashes

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[issue33008] urllib.request.parse_http_list incorrectly strips backslashes

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[issue33008] urllib.request.parse_http_list incorrectly strips backslashes

New submission from W. Trevor King : Python currently strips backslashes from inside quoted strings: $ echo 'a="b\"c",d=e' | python3 -c 'from sys import stdin; from urllib.request import parse_http_list; print(parse_http_list(stdin.read()))' ['a="b"c"', 'd=e'] It should be printing: ['a