Program that writes itself

Below is a program that writes itself.

The program is in Python, except that comments in the original for clarity (for those unfamiliar with Python) are not in the output.

Discussion has been omitted. Here is the Python code.

list1 = [
	"list1 = [",
	"x",
	"\t]",
	"for item1 in list1:",
	"\tif item1 != \"x\":",
	"\t\tprint(item1)",
	"\telse:",
	"\t\tfor item2 in list1:",
	"\t\t\ts1 = \"\"",
	"\t\t\tfor ch1 in item2:",
	"\t\t\t\tif ch1 == \"\\t\":",
	"\t\t\t\t\ts1 = s1 + \"\\\\t\"",
	"\t\t\t\telif ch1 == \"\\\"\":",
	"\t\t\t\t\ts1 = s1 + \"\\\\\\\"\"",
	"\t\t\t\telif ch1 == \"\\\\\":",
	"\t\t\t\t\ts1 = s1 + \"\\\\\\\\\"",
	"\t\t\t\telse:",
	"\t\t\t\t\ts1 = s1 + ch1",
	"\t\t\tprint(\"\\\"\" + s1 + \"\\\",\")",
	]

for item1 in list1:
	if item1 != "x":
		print(item1)
	else:
		for item2 in list1:
			s1 = ""
			for ch1 in item2:
				if ch1 == "\t":
					s1 = s1 + "\\t"
				elif ch1 == "\"":
					s1 = s1 + "\\\""
				elif ch1 == "\\":
					s1 = s1 + "\\\\"
				else:
					s1 = s1 + ch1
			print("\"" + s1 + "\",")

Here is the output of the Python code.

list1 = [
"list1 = [",
"x",
"\t]",
"for item1 in list1:",
"\tif item1 != \"x\":",
"\t\tprint(item1)",
"\telse:",
"\t\tfor item2 in list1:",
"\t\t\ts1 = \"\"",
"\t\t\tfor ch1 in item2:",
"\t\t\t\tif ch1 == \"\\t\":",
"\t\t\t\t\ts1 = s1 + \"\\\\t\"",
"\t\t\t\telif ch1 == \"\\\"\":",
"\t\t\t\t\ts1 = s1 + \"\\\\\\\"\"",
"\t\t\t\telif ch1 == \"\\\\\":",
"\t\t\t\t\ts1 = s1 + \"\\\\\\\\\"",
"\t\t\t\telse:",
"\t\t\t\t\ts1 = s1 + ch1",
"\t\t\tprint(\"\\\"\" + s1 + \"\\\",\")",
	]
for item1 in list1:
	if item1 != "x":
		print(item1)
	else:
		for item2 in list1:
			s1 = ""
			for ch1 in item2:
				if ch1 == "\t":
					s1 = s1 + "\\t"
				elif ch1 == "\"":
					s1 = s1 + "\\\""
				elif ch1 == "\\":
					s1 = s1 + "\\\\"
				else:
					s1 = s1 + ch1
			print("\"" + s1 + "\",")