[issue33434] ^L character in Lib/email/generator.py

2018-05-06 Thread Nathaniel Smith
Nathaniel Smith added the comment: That's a "form feed" or "page break" character: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_break Quoting that page: "The form feed character is sometimes used in plain text files of source code as a delimiter for a page break, or as marker for sections of code. Som

[issue33434] ^L character in Lib/email/generator.py

2018-05-06 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: It is intended. Emacs use it for separating sections of code. Python parser specially supports this character. -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Py

[issue33434] ^L character in Lib/email/generator.py

2018-05-06 Thread hexchain
New submission from hexchain : There is a "^L" character in line 25 of the Lib/email/generator.py file, and it seems it's there for a long time (since commit 8b3febef2f9). Is it intended or some carelessness? It does not seem to have any functional impact, though. -- components: Libra