New submission from Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos: The documentation of strip() / lstrip() / rstrip() should define "whitespace" more precisely.
The Python 3 documentation refers to "ASCII whitespace" for bytes.strip() / bytes.lstrip() / bytes.rstrip() and "whitespace" for str.strip() / str.lstrip() / str.rstrip(). I suggest the following improvements: * add a link from "ASCII whitespace" to string.whitespace or bytes.isspace(), * define plain "whitespace" more precisely (possibly with a link to str.isspace()). The Python 2 documentation refers to plain "whitespace". As far as I know strip() removes ASCII whitespaces only. If so, please: * add a link to string.whitespace or str.isspace(), * improve the string.whitespace documentation and explain that it is locale-dependent (see documentation of str.isspace()). ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 253152 nosy: Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: whitespace in strip()/lstrip()/rstrip() type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue25433> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
