[mamei16]

Fixes #7476

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[oobabooga]

This looks correct. I wonder if bare backslashes in values (Windows paths, regex patterns, etc.) could still break things, since the template doesn't escape them either. Would parts[idx] = json.dumps(parts[idx])[1:-1] on the odd parts work as an alternative?

[mamei16]

Yes, that is much simpler and seems to work better as well. I was looking for this specific functionality, but didn't think to dump a string back to a string, thus escaping it. That's nice!

[oobabooga]

I'm glad you agree, could you make the change so I can merge?

[mamei16]

Of course! I just hesitated because I didn't want to take credit for your idea.

[oobabooga]

Ty :) your fix entirely.