Why "encodeForHTMLAttribute" encodes '@' too?

[ipeychev]

The function encodeForHTMLAttribute encodes the symbol '@' too. However, if we have such an element:

<input id="email" autocomplete="off" type="email" placeholder="[email protected]" class="form-control" name="email" value="[email protected]" maxlength="100" autofocus="">

then encodeForHTMLAttribute encodes '[email protected]' it to user@example.com.
What is the right way to encode this value so it looks like [email protected]?

Thanks,

[xeno6696]

Off the cuff I’m not sure as the At symbol isn’t reserved.

I don’t manage the node version of this, but it sounds like it could be a bug. Is the @ symbol used in javascript backends? I’m not familiar with node.