Peter Kleiweg wrote: > > Define white space to isspace() > > Explain that phrase.
> > Here is another "space": > > >>> u'\uFEFF'.isspace() > False > > isspace() is inconsistent > I don't really know much about unicode, but google tells me that \uFEFF is a byte order mark. I thought we we're implicitly in unison that "whitespace" (whatever the formal definition) means "the stuff we put into text to visually separate words". So what is *your* definition of whitespace? >>> Why does split() split when it says NO-BREAK? >>> >> Precisely. It says NO-BREAK. It doesn't say NO-SPLIT. >> > > That is a stupid answer. > > I fail to see why you deem it a good idea to become insulting at this point. It is a very valid answer: NO-BREAK means "when wrapping characters into paragraphs do not break at this space". split() however does not wrap text, it /splits/ it (at whitespace characters, as it happens). The NO-BREAK semantic has no meaning here. /W -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
