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authorSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2011-09-12 23:14:13 (GMT)
committerSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2011-09-12 23:14:13 (GMT)
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Fix issue12938 - Update the docstring of html.escape. Include the information on single quote.
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diff --git a/Lib/html/__init__.py b/Lib/html/__init__.py
index 335d214..02652ef 100644
--- a/Lib/html/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/html/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ def escape(s, quote=True):
"""
Replace special characters "&", "<" and ">" to HTML-safe sequences.
If the optional flag quote is true (the default), the quotation mark
- character (") is also translated.
+ characters, both double quote (") and single quote (') characters are also
+ translated.
"""
if quote:
return s.translate(_escape_map_full)