Chris Jerdonek <chris.jerdo...@gmail.com> added the comment: Perhaps because that's what str.split() does:
>>> "a\nb".split("\n") ['a', 'b'] >>> "a\nb\n".split("\n") ['a', 'b', ''] >>> "a\nb\n\n".split("\n") ['a', 'b', '', ''] ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13857> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com