diff --git a/lib/json.ml b/lib/json.ml
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+++ b/lib/json.ml
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+let escape s =
+  let b = Buffer.create (String.length s + 8) in
+  String.iter
+    (fun c ->
+      match c with
+      | '"' -> Buffer.add_string b "\\\""
+      | '\\' -> Buffer.add_string b "\\\\"
+      | '\n' -> Buffer.add_string b "\\n"
+      | '\t' -> Buffer.add_string b "\\t"
+      | '\r' -> Buffer.add_string b "\\r"
+      | c when Char.code c < 0x20 -> Buffer.add_string b (Printf.sprintf "\\u%04x" (Char.code c))
+      | c -> Buffer.add_char b c)
+    s;
+  Buffer.contents b
+
+let str s = "\"" ^ escape s ^ "\""
+let list f l = "[" ^ String.concat ", " (List.map f l) ^ "]"