Function escape_string

src/laybasic/laybasic/gtf.cc:83–101

//  Convert a string to a form suitable for XML output

static std::string
escape_string (const char *cp)
{
  std::string r;
  r.reserve (strlen (cp) * 2);
  while (*cp) {
    if (*cp == '&') {
      r += "&";
    } else if (*cp == '<') {
      r += "&lt;";
    } else if (*cp == '>') {
      r += "&gt;";
    } else {
      r += *cp;
    }
    ++cp;
  }
  return r;
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------
//  Widget to path conversion and back