Quote-aware string splitting

[Tony Meyer]

> I need to split a string as per string.strip(), but with a 
> modification: 
> I want it to recognize quoted strings and return them as one 
> list item, 
> regardless of any whitespace within the quoted string.

See the recent python-tutor thread starting here:

<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2005-April/037288.html>

For various solutions.  Or just use a regular expression, which is what the
thread concludes.

=Tony.Meyer