static String htmlencode(Object o) {
  ret htmlencode(str(o));
}

static String htmlencode(String s) {
  if (s == null) ret "";
  StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder(Math.max(16, s.length()));
  for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
      char c = s.charAt(i);
      /*if (c >= 0x100)
        out.append("&#x").append(charToHex(c)).append(';');
      else*/ if (c > 127 || c == '"' || c == '<' || c == '>' || c == '&')
          out.append("&#").append((int) c).append(';');
      else
          out.append(c);
  }
  ret out.toString();
}