New submission from Alfredo Solano Martínez: I stumbled upon this by chance. Is the following behaviour by design?
>>> s = 'a\tb' >>> s.expandtabs(1) == s.expandtabs(2) True In fact: >>> s.expandtabs(1) 'a b' # 1 space >>> s.expandtabs(2) 'a b' # 1 space >>> s.expandtabs(3) 'a b' # 2 spaces >>> s.expandtabs(4) 'a b' # 3 spaces It seems to be an off-by-one difference from 2 onwards. Tested with python versions 2.7.4, 3.2.4 and 3.3.1 on a Linux x86_64 machine. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 186358 nosy: asolano priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: expandabs() weirdness type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17670> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
