Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:15:35 -0500, Gerald Britton wrote: > >> I see that Python 3.2 includes a new module -- html -- with a single >> function -- escape. I would like to know how this function differs from >> xml.sax.saxutils.escape and, if there is no difference (or only a minor >> one), what the need is for this new module and its lone function > > Unless the html API has changed radically since Python 3.2a, I believe > you are mistaken.
Adding a function is not /that/ radical, and it has happened, see http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/library/html.html The check-in message that is linked there claims that html.escape() is supposed to replace cgi.escape() Side note: there has been a discussion whether it's a good idea to put a function into a package, see http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-January/107635.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
