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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def process_quotes(self, text):
 """Process quotes."""


        escaped = False
        in_quotes = False
        current = []
        quoted = []
        i = _util.StringIter(text)
        iter(i)
        for t in i:
            if not escaped and t == "\\":
                escaped = True
            elif escaped:
                escaped = False
                if t == "E":
                    if in_quotes:
                        current.append(_re.escape("".join(quoted)))
                        quoted = []
                        in_quotes = False
                elif t == "Q" and not in_quotes:
                    in_quotes = True
                elif in_quotes:
                    quoted.extend(["\\", t])
                else:
                    current.extend(["\\", t])
            elif in_quotes:
                quoted.extend(t)
            else:
                current.append(t)

        if in_quotes and escaped:
            quoted.append("\\")
        elif escaped:
            current.append("\\")

        if quoted:
            current.append(_re.escape("".join(quoted)))

        return "".join(current)