let quote s =
let l = String.length s in
let b = Buffer.create (l + 20) in
Buffer.add_char b '\"';
let rec loop i =
if i = l then Buffer.add_char b '\"' else
match s.[i] with
| '\"' -> loop_bs 0 i;
| '\\' -> loop_bs 0 i;
| c -> Buffer.add_char b c; loop (i+1);
and loop_bs n i =
if i = l then begin
Buffer.add_char b '\"';
add_bs n;
end else begin
match s.[i] with
| '\"' -> add_bs (2*n+1); Buffer.add_char b '\"'; loop (i+1);
| '\\' -> loop_bs (n+1) (i+1);
| _c -> add_bs n; loop i
end
and add_bs n = for j = 1 to n do Buffer.add_char b '\\'; done
in
loop 0;
Buffer.contents b