1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyinterpreter.cc b/3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyinterpreter.cc
index 89c9b88c..cbb6322f 100644
--- a/3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyinterpreter.cc
+++ b/3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyinterpreter.cc
@@ -82,19 +82,29 @@ const std::list<std::string> &pyinterpreter_suggest(const std::string &hint)
     PyEval_AcquireThread(m_threadState);
     m_suggestions.clear();
     int i = 0;
-    std::string command = string_format("sys.completer.complete('%s', %d)\n", hint.c_str(), i);
+    std::string escaped;
+    for (char c : hint) {
+        if (c == '\'' || c == '\\')
+            escaped += '\\';
+        escaped += c;
+    }
+    std::string command = string_format("sys.completer.complete('%s', %d)\n", escaped.c_str(), i);
     std::string res;
     do {
         PyObject *py_result;
         PyObject *dum;
         py_result = Py_CompileString(command.c_str(), "<stdin>", Py_single_input);
+        if (py_result == nullptr)
+            break;
         dum = PyEval_EvalCode(py_result, glb, loc);
+        if (dum == nullptr)
+            break;
         Py_XDECREF(dum);
         Py_XDECREF(py_result);
         res = redirector_take_output(m_threadState);
 
         ++i;
-        command = string_format("sys.completer.complete('%s', %d)\n", hint.c_str(), i);
+        command = string_format("sys.completer.complete('%s', %d)\n", escaped.c_str(), i);
         if (res.size()) {
             // throw away the newline
             res = res.substr(1, res.size() - 3);