Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos <dimitri.papadopou...@gmail.com> added the comment:
I agree on avoiding a link to str.isspace() and defining "whitespace" instead. However please note there are many de facto definitions of "whitespace". All of them must be documented - or at least the conceptual classes of "whitespace" and clarify which class each of the following belongs to: * Unicode whitespaces are by very far the most common: str.isspace(), strip()/lstrip()/rstrip(), Py_UNICODE_ISSPACE. * Py_ISSPACE targets byte/bytearray but is never used! * bytearray.strip() does not use Py_ISSPACE but a hardcoded list of ASCII whitespaces instead. * finally string.whitespace is probably equivalent to the list used by bytearray.strip(). Beyond the docs, I think Python 3 should rationalize bytearray.strip() / Py_ISSPACE / string.whitespace, probably having bytearray.strip() rely on Py_ISSPACE, and Py_ISSPACE rely on string.whitespace unless string.whitespace is obsoleted. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue25433> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
