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tml opened this issue May 14, 2025 · 0 comments
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string split documentation unclear #133986

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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.

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gh-133986: Document string split algorithm when sep is None and maxsp…
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…lit is 0 (#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>

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pythongh-133986: Document string split algorithm when sep is None and…
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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>

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(cherry picked from commit 3e23047)

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pythongh-133986: Document string split algorithm when sep is None and…
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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>

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(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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[3.14] gh-133986: Document string split algorithm when sep is None an…
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…d maxsplit is 0 (GH-133987) (#133993)

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(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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[3.13] gh-133986: Document string split algorithm when sep is None an…
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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)
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(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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