From: alexandermomchilov@... Date: 2021-06-30T14:26:46+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:104451] [Ruby master Feature#17992] Upstreaming the htmlentities gem into CGI#.(un)escape_html Issue #17992 has been updated by AMomchilov (Alexander Momchilov). I'm reasonably convinced that augmenting the existing `unescapeHTML` API is off the table, for performance reasons. I plan to add this under a new `(de|en)code_html_entities` name. It could be parameterized just like HTMLEntities, to let you pick one of the entity sets" (it calls them "flavors") ---------------------------------------- Feature #17992: Upstreaming the htmlentities gem into CGI#.(un)escape_html https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17992#change-92704 * Author: AMomchilov (Alexander Momchilov) * Status: Feedback * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- Hi there, I was looking to unescape some HTML entities in a String, and I discovered that `CGI#.(un)escape_html` is **really** limited. Many StackOverflow questions share a similar disappointment, and point users to using the [htmlentities gem](https://github.com/threedaymonk/htmlentities): 1. https://stackoverflow.com/a/383561/3141234 2. https://stackoverflow.com/a/22926384/3141234 This solved my problem, but I feel like something this standard/universal should be built-in. To that end, I'm interested in working on merging the htmlentities gem into CGI's repo. Would this be a welcome change? * I've e-mailed the author (Paul Battley) privately, and got his blessing to do so. * It's MIT licensed, so that should be OK. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: