Python NBSP DWIM
Mark Lawrence
breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Jun 10 10:17:21 EDT 2015
On 10/06/2015 14:28, Tim Chase wrote:
> str.split() doesn't seem to respect non-breaking space:
>
> Python 3.4.2 (default, Oct 8 2014, 10:45:20)
> [GCC 4.9.1] on linux
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> print(repr("hello\N{NO-BREAK SPACE}world".split()))
> ['hello', 'world']
>
> What's the purpose of a non-breaking space if it's treated like a
> space for breaking/splitting purposes? :-)
>
> Is this a bug?
>
> -tkc
>
IMNSHO yes.
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