Scott David Daniels wrote:
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
d = {}
for line in open(thefile):
arr = line.strip().split()
d[arr[0]] = arr
Sorry, not picking on Bruno in particular, but I keep seeing
this formulation around various places.
When does line.strip().split() ever differ from line.split()?
http://www.python.org/doc/current/library/stdtypes.html?highlight=split#str.split
If sep is not specified or is None, a different splitting algorithm is
applied: runs of consecutive whitespace are regarded as a single
separator, and the result will contain no empty strings at the start or
end if the string has leading or trailing whitespace. Consequently,
splitting an empty string or a string consisting of just whitespace with
a None separator returns [].
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