Does CDATA disable escaping?

>>>>templates/test.tpl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<opt:root>
<script type="text/javascript">
<![CDATA[
alert("I'm not <b>evil</b>");
]]>
</script>
</opt:root>

>>>>expected.txt
OUTPUT

>>>>result.txt
<script type="text/javascript">
<![CDATA[
alert("I'm not <b>evil</b>");
]]>
</script>