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Re: [PATCH] gitweb: Change to use explicitly function call cgi->escapHTML()

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 6, 2007, 13:23 UTC
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<200703061423.18417.jnareb@gmail.com>
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Speaking of -title, I see "sub git_project_list_body" does this:
> 
>     $cgi->a({ ... -title => $pr->{'descr_long'}}, esc_html($pr->{'descr'}));
>         
> which seems inconsistent with the earlier quoted $fullname
> handling (unless $pr->{'descr_long'} is already quoted and $pr->{'descr'}
> is not, which I find highly unlikely).

CGI::a() subroutine automatically quotes properly _attribute_ values, but it does not (and it should not) quote _contents_ of a tag.

So the above code is correct.
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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Message 16 of 21 in “gitweb: Change to use explicitly function call cgi->escapHTML()”
  1. gitweb: Change to use explicitly function call cgi->escapHTML()Li Yang, Mar 6, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2007
  3. Jakub NarebskiMar 6, 2007
  4. Jeff KingMar 6, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2007
  6. Li Yang-r58472Mar 6, 2007
  7. Jeff KingMar 6, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2007
  9. Jeff KingMar 6, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2007
  11. Jeff KingMar 6, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2007
  13. Jeff KingMar 6, 2007
  14. Li Yang-r58472Mar 6, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2007
  16. Jakub NarebskiMar 6, 2007
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2007
  18. Jakub NarebskiMar 7, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2007
  20. gitweb: Don't escape attributes in CGI.pm HTML methodsJakub Narebski, Mar 7, 2007
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2007

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