[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25485: Why does esc_attr not double encode entities by default?

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#25485: Why does esc_attr not double encode entities by default?
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 Reporter:  smerriman     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting    |     Version:  3.6.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Comment (by mark-k):

 Can confirm that this is not only limited to options but also happens with
 tag names.

 Not sure that the proposed solution is the right one, as esc_attr can be
 used with hard coded copyright symbol as a meta value (or other read only
 type of values) for which you don't want to escape the html. Maybe there
 should be a new function that does both escaping 'esc_value_attr' ?

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