gh-133986: Document string split algorithm when sep is None and maxsplit is 0 #133987
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… maxsplit is 0 (pythonGH-133987) * Document string split algorithm when sep is None and maxsplit is 0 * Update Doc/library/stdtypes.rst Co-authored-by: Semyon Moroz <donbarbos@proton.me> --------- (cherry picked from commit 3e23047) Co-authored-by: Joey Smith <joeysmith@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> Co-authored-by: Semyon Moroz <donbarbos@proton.me>
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… maxsplit is 0 (pythonGH-133987) * Document string split algorithm when sep is None and maxsplit is 0 * Update Doc/library/stdtypes.rst Co-authored-by: Semyon Moroz <donbarbos@proton.me> --------- (cherry picked from commit 3e23047) Co-authored-by: Joey Smith <joeysmith@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> Co-authored-by: Semyon Moroz <donbarbos@proton.me>
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I'm a bit late I suppose, but I don't think this is specific to >>> " foo bar ".split(maxsplit=1)
['foo', 'bar '] |
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…d maxsplit is 0 (GH-133987) (#133992) gh-133986: Document string split algorithm when sep is None and maxsplit is 0 (GH-133987) --------- (cherry picked from commit 3e23047) Co-authored-by: Joey Smith <joeysmith@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> Co-authored-by: Semyon Moroz <donbarbos@proton.me>
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If sep is not specified or is None and maxsplit is 0, only leading runs of consecutive whitespace are considered. This is contrary to (or, at least, underspecified in) the current documentation.
I have documented the observed behaviour, and added some example code.
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