escape() -- works on dictionaries/lists

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from django.template.defaultfilters import escape as _escape
def escape(data):
	if type(data) == dict:
		for l in data:
			data[l] = escape(data[l])
		return data
	elif type(data) in [list, tuple]:
		return [escape(l) for l in data]
	else:
		return _escape(data)

Comments

baptiste (on May 19, 2007):

If data was a tuple, you should return a tuple.

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SmileyChris (on May 27, 2007):

An you should use isinstance() instead of type() in case of subclasses.

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digital (on September 29, 2007):

data[l] = escape(data[l])

which escape method you use in this line?

from django.utils.html import escape ?

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digital (on September 29, 2007):

or re.escape()?

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