[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #14769: test_capi now has SkipitemTest, which cleverly checks

MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Sat Jun 23 00:48:19 CEST 2012


On 22/06/2012 21:45, Larry Hastings wrote:
> On 06/22/2012 01:29 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
>> Of course. And character 32 <space> is also not usable and perhaps not
>> worth testing.
>
> Au contraire!  I grant you, it's hard to imagine how using it would be a
> good idea.  But strictly speaking it is *usable*.  (And what is this
> thread about if not wanton pedantry!)
>
> Therefore I'm leaving it in.  Feel free to go behind my back and fix it
> if you feel strongly about this.
>
It _is_ a printable character after all.


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