Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Georg Brandl wrote: > >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Max M wrote: >>> >>>> Lawrence is right that the escape method doesn't work the way he expects >>>> it to. >>>> >>>> Rewriting a library module simply because a developer is surprised is a >>>> *very* bad idea. >>> >>> I'm not surprised. Disappointed, yes. Verging on disgust at some comments >>> in this thread, yes. But "surprised" is what a lot of users of the >>> existing cgi.escape function are going to be when they discover their >>> code isn't doing what they thought it was. >> >> Why should they be surprised? The documentation states clearly what >> cgi.escape() does (as does the docstring). > > Documentation frequently states stupid things. Doesn't mean it should be > treated as sacrosanct.
That's not the point. The point is that someone using cgi.escape() will hardly be surprised of what it does and doesn't do. Georg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
