Python is just too easy

The other day I needed to create an HTML form for an online questionnaire I'm writing for my wife. I thought that I would look for some online Python library for something like this. After a few minutes of searching I didn't find anything that caught my fancy. I thought about it and realized that I don't need anything fancy, I just wanted to be able to make the necessary tags quickly, easily and safely. Writing the code only took a few lines:
<br />from xml.sax.saxutils import escape, quoteattr<br />def makeTag(tagname, dict, bClosed = True):<br /> list = ['%s=%s' % (x, quoteattr(str(y))) for x, y in dict.items()]<br /> if bClosed:<br /> return '<%s %s />' % (tagname, ' '.join(list))<br /> else:<br /> return '<%s %s>' % (tagname, ' '.join(list))<br />
The close tag is even easier:
<br />def closeTag(tagname):<br /> return '</%s>' % (tagname)<br />

And here's some example code where it was used:
<br /> for n, radio in enumerate(question['questions']):<br /> lines.append(makeTag('input',<br /> dict(type='radio', name=name, id="%s%02d" % (name, n), value=n)) + " %s <br />" % (escape(radio),))<br />

It's nothing fancy, but in my old age I'm starting to appreciate code that is straightforward. The code doesn't indent things nicely, but these days tidy is just a button click away.