Is str.replace(..).replace(..) ad nauseam a standard idiom in Python?

Question

For instance, say I wanted a function to escape a string for use in HTML (as in Django\'s escape filter):

    def escape(string):
        \"\"\"
        Retu         


        

Answer 1

Apparently it's pretty common to implement that via regex. You can find an example of this at ASPN and here.