From 64c66209343edbdb212678759bc6e32a897b3a13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 20:11:53 +0000
Subject: Add optional 'quote' flag argument to escape(); if true, translate
 '"' to '&quot;'.

---
 Lib/cgi.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/cgi.py b/Lib/cgi.py
index 20f4700..4f1b459 100755
--- a/Lib/cgi.py
+++ b/Lib/cgi.py
@@ -1316,12 +1316,14 @@ environment as well.  Here are some common variable names:
 # Utilities
 # =========
 
-def escape(s):
+def escape(s, quote=None):
     """Replace special characters '&', '<' and '>' by SGML entities."""
     import regsub
     s = regsub.gsub("&", "&amp;", s)	# Must be done first!
     s = regsub.gsub("<", "&lt;", s)
     s = regsub.gsub(">", "&gt;", s)
+    if quote:
+	s = regsub.gsub('"', "&quot;", s)
     return s
 
 
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