[masklinn]

> No library does this

Most modern templates do exactly that. Jinja certainly does.

> The library does not accept “strings” as such, it accepts “escaped” strings. And since my program deals with normal unescaped strings, I have to escape the strings before I send them to the API.

That’s the problem with the library. That is what needs to be fixed.

> I have a feeling that you have a different meaning of the word “escaped” than me.

Add “explicit” to the first occurrence if you don’t understand without it.