Function _xmlescape

pattern/web/feed/feedparser.py:189–195

(data,entities={})

except ImportError:
    _XML_AVAILABLE = 0
    def _xmlescape(data,entities={}):
        data = data.replace('&', '&')
        data = data.replace('>', '>')
        data = data.replace('<', '&lt;')
        for char, entity in entities:
            data = data.replace(char, entity)
        return data
else:
    try:
        xml.sax.make_parser(PREFERRED_XML_PARSERS) # test for valid parsers