Re: [text] On the value of idempotent string escape methods?

2017-02-20 Thread sebb
On 19 February 2017 at 14:29, Raymond DeCampo wrote: > I am trying to see how having the proposed unescape() method leads to an a > useful escape method. > > E.g. clearly unescape("&") would evaluate to "&". So would > unescape("&"). That means the proposed escape() method would also > have

Re: [VOTE] Release Validator 1.6 based on RC1

2017-02-20 Thread sebb
Here's my formal vote: On 16 February 2017 at 16:11, sebb wrote: > Time for another Validator release ... > > == > > Validator 1.6 RC1 is available for review here: >https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/validator/1.6_RC1 > (revision 18365) > > commons-validator-1.6-bin.tar.gz.sh

[RESULT][VOTE] Release Validator 1.6 based on RC1

2017-02-20 Thread sebb
Thanks to all who reviewed the RC and voted. The following votes were received: +1 Gary Gregory (*) +1 Rob Tomkins +1 Oliver Heger (*) +1 Sebastian Bazley (*) There being at least 3 binding votes the vote passes. (*) binding vote On 20 February 2017 at 09:50, sebb wrote: > Here's my formal vo

[ALL][RNG] Update Apache projects description file

2017-02-20 Thread Gilles
Hi. Can someone with the privilege to update this file http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/comdev/projects.apache.org/data/projects.xml please do so with the following contents: ---CUT--- http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/cms-site/trunk/doap/doap_rng.rdf ---CUT--- Thanks, Gilles ---

Re: [ALL][RNG] Update Apache projects description file

2017-02-20 Thread sebb
On 20 February 2017 at 13:06, Gilles wrote: > Hi. > > Can someone with the privilege to update this file AFAIK you should be able to do this yourself ... > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/comdev/projects.apache.org/data/projects.xml > please do so with the following contents: > ---CUT--- > http:

Re: [text] On the value of idempotent string escape methods?

2017-02-20 Thread Rob Tompkins
> On Feb 20, 2017, at 4:31 AM, sebb wrote: > > On 19 February 2017 at 14:29, Raymond DeCampo > wrote: >> I am trying to see how having the proposed unescape() method leads to an a >> useful escape method. >> >> E.g. clearly unescape("&") would evaluate to "&". So woul

Re: [text] On the value of idempotent string escape methods?

2017-02-20 Thread sebb
On 20 February 2017 at 14:55, Rob Tompkins wrote: > >> On Feb 20, 2017, at 4:31 AM, sebb wrote: >> >> On 19 February 2017 at 14:29, Raymond DeCampo > > wrote: >>> I am trying to see how having the proposed unescape() method leads to an a >>> useful escape method. >>> >>>

Re: [text] On the value of idempotent string escape methods?

2017-02-20 Thread Rob Tompkins
> On Feb 20, 2017, at 10:30 AM, sebb wrote: > > On 20 February 2017 at 14:55, Rob Tompkins wrote: >> >>> On Feb 20, 2017, at 4:31 AM, sebb wrote: >>> >>> On 19 February 2017 at 14:29, Raymond DeCampo >> > wrote: I am trying to see how having the proposed unescap

Re: [text] On the value of idempotent string escape methods?

2017-02-20 Thread sebb
On 20 February 2017 at 15:36, Rob Tompkins wrote: > >> On Feb 20, 2017, at 10:30 AM, sebb wrote: >> >> On 20 February 2017 at 14:55, Rob Tompkins wrote: >>> On Feb 20, 2017, at 4:31 AM, sebb wrote: On 19 February 2017 at 14:29, Raymond DeCampo >>> > wrote

Re: [text] On the value of idempotent string escape methods?

2017-02-20 Thread Sampanna Kahu
Hi Guys, Very good points are being made above. Please allow me to add my two cents :-) What if the string contains syntactically valid HTML characters/tags and our aim is to prevent rendering these tags in the browser when this string is being served via a web application? Or prevent the executio