htmlspecialchars() no longer needs to be run against rewrite_rules due to options-permalink reorg. Currently, ampersands end up being encoded in .htaccess, which causes breakage.

git-svn-id: http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/trunk@1686 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd

wp-includes/vars.php

@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ foreach($wpsmiliestrans as $smiley => $img) {
 define('COOKIEPATH', preg_replace('|https?://[^/]+|i', '', get_settings('home') . '/' ) );
 
 // Some default filters
-add_filter('rewrite_rules','htmlspecialchars');
 add_filter('bloginfo','htmlspecialchars');
 add_filter('category_description', 'wptexturize');
 add_filter('list_cats', 'wptexturize');