Commit 5ff2745f authored by Georg Brandl's avatar Georg Brandl

#9061: warn that single quotes are not escaped.

parent f613f352
...@@ -349,10 +349,13 @@ algorithms implemented in this module in other circumstances. ...@@ -349,10 +349,13 @@ algorithms implemented in this module in other circumstances.
Convert the characters ``'&'``, ``'<'`` and ``'>'`` in string *s* to HTML-safe Convert the characters ``'&'``, ``'<'`` and ``'>'`` in string *s* to HTML-safe
sequences. Use this if you need to display text that might contain such sequences. Use this if you need to display text that might contain such
characters in HTML. If the optional flag *quote* is true, the quotation mark characters in HTML. If the optional flag *quote* is true, the quotation mark
character (``'"'``) is also translated; this helps for inclusion in an HTML character (``"``) is also translated; this helps for inclusion in an HTML
attribute value, as in ``<A HREF="...">``. If the value to be quoted might attribute value delimited by double quotes, as in ``<a href="...">``. Note
include single- or double-quote characters, or both, consider using the that single quotes are never translated.
:func:`quoteattr` function in the :mod:`xml.sax.saxutils` module instead.
If the value to be quoted might include single- or double-quote characters,
or both, consider using the :func:`quoteattr` function in the
:mod:`xml.sax.saxutils` module instead.
.. _cgi-security: .. _cgi-security:
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