A critique of cgi.escape

[Jon Ribbens]

In article <ef5ncc$uus$1 at news.albasani.net>, Georg Brandl wrote:
>> Attributes can be quoted with either single or double quotes. That's what
>> the HTML spec says. cgi.escape doesn't correctly allow for that. Ergo,
>> cgi.escape is broken. QED.
> 
> A function is broken if its implementation doesn't match the documentation.

Or if the design, as described in the documentation, is flawed in some
way.

> As a courtesy, I've pasted it below.
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> Now, do you still think cgi.escape is broken?

Yes.