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Python 3.3 Lib/html/__init__.py
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_escape_map = {ord('&'): '&', ord('<'): '<', ord('>'): '>'} | |
_escape_map_full = {ord('&'): '&', ord('<'): '<', ord('>'): '>', | |
ord('"'): '"', ord('\''): '''} | |
# NB: this is a candidate for a bytes/string polymorphic interface | |
def escape(s, quote=True): | |
""" | |
Replace special characters "&", "<" and ">" to HTML-safe sequences. | |
If the optional flag quote is true (the default), the quotation mark | |
characters, both double quote (") and single quote (') characters are also | |
translated. | |
""" | |
if quote: | |
return s.translate(_escape_map_full) | |
return s.translate(_escape_map) |
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