Compare that to the code from CGI.pm v3.01:

sub escapeHTML {
         # hack to work around  earlier hacks
         push @_,$_[0] if @_==1 && $_[0] eq 'CGI';
         my ($self,$toencode,$newlinestoo) = CGI::self_or_default(@_);
         return undef unless defined($toencode);
         return $toencode if ref($self) && !$self->{'escape'};
         $toencode =~ s{&}{&}gso;
         $toencode =~ s{<}{&lt;}gso;
         $toencode =~ s{>}{&gt;}gso;
         $toencode =~ s{"}{&quot;}gso;
         my $latin = uc $self->{'.charset'} eq 'ISO-8859-1' ||
                     uc $self->{'.charset'} eq 'WINDOWS-1252';
         if ($latin) {  # bug in some browsers
                $toencode =~ s{'}{&#39;}gso;
                $toencode =~ s{\x8b}{&#8249;}gso;
                $toencode =~ s{\x9b}{&#8250;}gso;
                if (defined $newlinestoo && $newlinestoo) {
                     $toencode =~ s{\012}{&#10;}gso;
                     $toencode =~ s{\015}{&#13;}gso;
                }
         }
         return $toencode;
}

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In reply to Re: Re: Substituting Newline Characters by Happy-the-monk
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