[Python-Dev] Re: python/dist/src/Lib rfc822.py,1.78,1.79

[Fredrik Lundh]

rhettinger at users.sourceforge.net wrote:

> @@ -399,9 +393,8 @@
>         del self[name] # Won't fail if it doesn't exist
>         self.dict[name.lower()] = value
>         text = name + ": " + value
> -        lines = text.split("\n")
> -        for line in lines:
> -            self.headers.append(line + "\n")
> +        self.headers.extend(text.splitlines(True))
> +        self.headers.append('\n')

and you're 100% sure that the change in how things are stored
in headers won't affect any existing code?

(the docstring says that headers contain a list of lines, which is no
longer true)

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