Remove almost all unpaired backticks in docstrings (#119231)

As reported in #117847 and #115366, an unpaired backtick in a docstring
tends to confuse e.g. Sphinx running on subclasses of standard library
objects, and the typographic style of using a backtick as an opening
quote is no longer in favor. Convert almost all uses of the form

    The variable `foo' should do xyz

to

    The variable 'foo' should do xyz

and also fix up miscellaneous other unpaired backticks (extraneous /
missing characters).

No functional change is intended here other than in human-readable
docstrings.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/email/parser.py b/Lib/email/parser.py
index 06d99b17f2f..475aa2b1a66 100644
--- a/Lib/email/parser.py
+++ b/Lib/email/parser.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Parser:
         textual representation of the message.
 
         The string must be formatted as a block of RFC 2822 headers and header
-        continuation lines, optionally preceded by a `Unix-from' header.  The
+        continuation lines, optionally preceded by a 'Unix-from' header.  The
         header block is terminated either by the end of the string or by a
         blank line.
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class BytesParser:
         textual representation of the message.
 
         The input must be formatted as a block of RFC 2822 headers and header
-        continuation lines, optionally preceded by a `Unix-from' header.  The
+        continuation lines, optionally preceded by a 'Unix-from' header.  The
         header block is terminated either by the end of the input or by a
         blank line.