Are you using the str.isspace() method? I don't use it, so if most people don't uses it, then it may be removed from Py 3.0.
I usually need to know if a string contains some non-spaces (not space class chars). To do it I use something like: if aline.strip(): ... If you really need str.isspace() you may use (but so far I have never had to do this): if txt and not txt.strip(): ... Bye, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list