why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe?

why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe?

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why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe?

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Nov-27-2018, 07:23 AM

upper() is not meant to convert user input to str. It's meant to convert any str to uppercase string. That is why the initial example would fail if user supply list instead of str.

>>> 'Some StrinG'.upper()
'SOME STRING'
>>>

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why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe? - by shanepy - Nov-22-2018, 08:28 PM

RE: why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe? - by micseydel - Nov-24-2018, 06:48 PM

RE: why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe? - by buran - Nov-26-2018, 07:37 AM

RE: why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe? - by shanepy - Nov-27-2018, 03:57 AM

RE: why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe? - by buran - Nov-27-2018, 07:23 AM

RE: why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe? - by shanepy - Nov-27-2018, 06:56 PM

RE: why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe? - by buran - Nov-27-2018, 07:13 PM

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