Disable auto escape in python
<p>When performing a simple open-read command from a web based document which contains text that is already escaped, python adds <code>\</code> to the escape <code>\</code>:</p>

<pre><code>href=\"http:\/\/
into
href=\\"http:\\/\\/
</code></pre>

<p>How do I disable this behavior? </p>

<h3>UPDATE</h3>

<p>Can be replicated with for example</p>

<pre><code>a= 'href=\"http:\/\/'
</code></pre>

<p>or in my case </p>

<p>I simply did a open() then a read with mechanize. </p>

<p>So how do I tell python that the string is already escaped? </p>
