[Chicken-janitors] #506: pretty-print does not escape strings like write does

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#506: pretty-print does not escape strings like write does
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 Reporter:  alanpost        |       Owner:       
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  major           |   Milestone:  4.7.0
Component:  core libraries  |     Version:  4.6.x
 Keywords:                  |  
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 I would expect the follow to both print "\t" to the screen:

 {{{
 (write "\t")
 (pretty-print "\t")
 }}}

 Just like these both print "\"" to the screen:

 {{{
 (write "\")
 (pretty-print "\"")
 }}}

 pretty-print instead prints a literal tab between double quotes.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/506>
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