On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:33:39 +0100, Peter Otten wrote: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:15:35 -0500, Gerald Britton wrote: >> >>> I see that Python 3.2 includes a new module -- html -- with a single >>> function -- escape. I would like to know how this function differs >>> from xml.sax.saxutils.escape and, if there is no difference (or only a >>> minor one), what the need is for this new module and its lone function >> >> Unless the html API has changed radically since Python 3.2a, I believe >> you are mistaken. > > Adding a function is not /that/ radical, and it has happened, see > > http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/library/html.html
Well, I just learned something, thank you. I was under the mistaken impression that adding new functionality after the first alpha release was not permitted by the Python devs. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
