New option --strings specifies octave or matlab string format

GBR-613 · Aug 29, 2016 · d10f2e3 · d10f2e3
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diff --git a/smop/backend.py b/smop/backend.py
@@ -368,8 +368,10 @@ def _backend(self,level=0):
 def _backend(self,level=0):
     if "\n" in self.value:
         fmt = '"""%s"""'
-    else:
-        fmt = '"%s"'
+    elif options.strings == "C":
+        fmt = '"%s"' % self.value.replace('"',r'\"')
+    elif options.strings == "F":
+        fmt = "'%s'" % self.value.replace("'",r"''")
     return fmt % self.value
 
 @extend(node.sub)

diff --git a/smop/options.py b/smop/options.py
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@
 parser.add_argument("-R","--no-resolve", action="store_true",
 help="omit name resolution")
 
+parser.add_argument("-S","--strings", default="C",
+help="""C for Octave style, F for Matlab style""")
+
 parser.add_argument("-T","--testing-mode",action="store_true",
 help= """support special "testing" percent-bang comments used to
 write Octave test suite.  When disabled, behaves like