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[3.6] bpo-32701: Clarify the quotetabs flag in quopri documentation (GH-5401) #5438

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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions Doc/library/quopri.rst
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Expand Up @@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ sending a graphics file.

Encode the contents of the *input* file and write the resulting quoted-printable
data to the *output* file. *input* and *output* must be
:term:`binary file objects <file object>`. *quotetabs*, a flag which controls
whether to encode embedded spaces and tabs must be provideda and when true it
encodes such embedded whitespace, and when false it leaves them unencoded.
:term:`binary file objects <file object>`. *quotetabs*, a
non-optional flag which controls whether to encode embedded spaces
and tabs; when true it encodes such embedded whitespace, and when
false it leaves them unencoded.
Note that spaces and tabs appearing at the end of lines are always encoded,
as per :rfc:`1521`. *header* is a flag which controls if spaces are encoded
as underscores as per :rfc:`1522`.
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