That certainly wasn't my intention specifically. I mentioned htmlspecialchars because it was the example being used upthread, but any API with analogous functi

That certainly wasn't my intention specifically. I mentioned htmlspecialchars because it was the example being used upthread, but any API with analogous functionality is potentially subject to similar provisos, and if any surrounding cultural element encourages its use without thinking through the syntax layers, it can have a similar effect. I assumed this was implicit.