Why Is Escaping Data Considered So Magical?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <mailman.2128.1277537954.32709.python-list at python.org>, Robert 
Kern wrote:

> On 2010-06-25 19:49 , Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> Why do people consider input sanitization so hard?
> 
> It's not hard per se; it's just repetitive, prone to the occasional
> mistake, and, frankly, really boring.

But as a programmer, I’m not in the habit of doing “repetitive” and 
“boring”. Look at the example I posted, and you’ll see. It’s the ones trying 
to come up with alternatives to my code who produce things that look 
“reptitive” and “boring”.