Make sure XMLGenerator uses quoteattr() instead of escape() to quote
attribute values. Just using escape() can (and always has) led to broken
XML being generated. This makes sure it always produces the right thing.
This actually closes SF bug #440351.
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py b/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py
index bf1f5f3..8a96be6 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
def startElement(self, name, attrs):
self._out.write('<' + name)
for (name, value) in attrs.items():
- self._out.write(' %s="%s"' % (name, escape(value)))
+ self._out.write(' %s=%s' % (name, quoteattr(value)))
self._out.write('>')
def endElement(self, name):
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
for (name, value) in attrs.items():
name = self._current_context[name[0]] + ":" + name[1]
- self._out.write(' %s="%s"' % (name, escape(value)))
+ self._out.write(' %s=%s' % (name, quoteattr(value)))
self._out.write('>')
def endElementNS(self, name, qname):