Jinja2 Final aka Jinjavitus Released. The Jinja template engine now has auto-escaping as an optional feature, disabled by default. Worth considering as an almost drop-in replacement for Django’s template language if features such as macros and compilation to Python code appeal to you.
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So, it's an HTML templating system that's guaranteed to produce invalid HTML <em>by default</em>. Genius, kids.
Seriously, auto-escaping defaulting to off is the wrong default.
Dominic Mitchell - 21st July 2008 07:39 - #
It's really not guaranteed to produce invalid HTML at all.
If you have a piece of data that needs to be escaped, you can request it specifically for *that* individual piece of data. No need to waste resources escaping data that's already been escaped.
It's a trade-off of speed versus ease of use and guaranteed coverage. Plus auto-escape will sometimes double-escape AND the templating engine may be used for things other than HTML (we use it for text e-mail and PostScript generation)
Ben - 21st July 2008 23:29 - #