commit 64c66209343edbdb212678759bc6e32a897b3a13
author Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> Sat Jul 19 20:11:53 1997 +0000
committer Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> Sat Jul 19 20:11:53 1997 +0000
tree bacbae5a61eacd67e9dff5363ccea97d1f99b70c
parent 1e8c8a20f2b5ff51415ed8dfbf4df574595a95fb

Add optional 'quote' flag argument to escape(); if true, translate '"'
to '"'.

Lib/cgi.py

diff --git a/Lib/cgi.py b/Lib/cgi.py
index 20f4700..4f1b459 100755
--- a/Lib/cgi.py
+++ b/Lib/cgi.py
@@ -1316,12 +1316,14 @@
 # Utilities
 # =========
 
-def escape(s):
+def escape(s, quote=None):
     """Replace special characters '&', '<' and '>' by SGML entities."""
     import regsub
     s = regsub.gsub("&", "&amp;", s)	# Must be done first!
     s = regsub.gsub("<", "&lt;", s)
     s = regsub.gsub(">", "&gt;", s)
+    if quote:
+	s = regsub.gsub('"', "&quot;", s)
     return s