I think you mean the response object. The example code you gave still use the character "<" so it does not help.
In fact, the problem is that web2py is not processing the xml document but it parse directly the html file. I would really like Massimo to fix this. On Mar 12, 2:15 pm, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 12, 2011, at 11:05 AM, pierreth wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > I have small problem when the characters "< and ">" are used in web2py > > html template views. Using them for Python breaks the html: > > > {{="OK" if x < 0 else "bad"}} > > > Because these characters are not escaped in the code, the html file is > > no longer well formed. > > > Using the html entities "<" and "&gr;" does not solve the problem > > because web2py gives an error when theses characters are used as > > Python code in templates. > > > Is it possible to fix this to have well formed html for web2py > > templates? > > This is a consequence of the way the '=' (request.write) operator behaves at > the beginning of a code block: it treats the entire string as its argument > string, something like: request.write('"OK" if x < 0 else "bad"') > > You can rewrite it to use request.write explicitly, or to put each = operator > on its own line. > > {{request.write("OK" if x < 0 else "bad")}} > > or > > {{if x < 0: > ="OK" > else: > ="bad" > pass > > }} > > (I think) > > When the '=' operator is embedded in a code block, it consumes everything > until the end of the physical line or code block, whichever comes first. When > it begins a code block, it consumes the entire block.
