commit df66df0a286c5d09022e7efe839759797318506c
author Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> Thu Mar 22 03:03:41 2001 +0000
committer Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> Thu Mar 22 03:03:41 2001 +0000
tree 69c66283ecd9edc223b30d1b241dc0d393e01341
parent bc32024769eecd3c2251e00850e6a5c003aa9253

Patch #407434: add rfc822_escape utility function

Lib/distutils/util.py

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index e596150..010db9a 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -443,3 +443,13 @@
                               (file, cfile_base)
 
 # byte_compile ()
+
+def rfc822_escape (header):
+    """Return a version of the string escaped for inclusion in an
+    RFC-822 header, by adding a space after each newline.
+    """
+    header = string.rstrip(header)
+    header = string.replace(header, '\n', '\n ')
+    return header
+
+