set_value html_escape twice

Hello,

Since Codeigniter 3, set_value, by its new default third parameter value, escapes values before returning them.

This is a problem when you make form HTML inputs using the form_helper like this :

PHP Code:

echo form_input("explanation", set_value("explanation", $ruleObject['explanation'])); 


set_value uses html_escape and form_input uses html_escape too : A big issue for example with quote characters.

My workaround was to set html_escape default value to FALSE in the form_helper.

Any other idea ?