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r74239 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-28 18:55:32 +0000 (Di, 28 Jul 2009) | 1 line
Clarify quote_plus() usage.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst
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.. function:: quote_plus(string[, safe[, encoding[, errors]]])
Like :func:`quote`, but also replace spaces by plus signs, as required for
- quoting HTML form values. Plus signs in the original string are escaped
- unless they are included in *safe*. It also does not have *safe* default to
- ``'/'``.
+ quoting HTML form values when building up a query string to go into a URL.
+ Plus signs in the original string are escaped unless they are included in
+ *safe*. It also does not have *safe* default to ``'/'``.
Example: ``quote_plus('/El Niño/')`` yields ``'%2FEl+Ni%C3%B1o%2F'``.