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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-05-24 16:49:29 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-05-24 16:49:29 (GMT)
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shlex.split() now has an optional "posix" parameter.
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@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ files for Python applications) or for parsing quoted strings.
The \module{shlex} module defines the following functions:
-\begin{funcdesc}{split}{s\optional{, comments}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{split}{s\optional{, comments\optional{, posix}}}
Split the string \var{s} using shell-like syntax. If \var{comments} is
\constant{False} (the default), the parsing of comments in the given
string will be disabled (setting the \member{commenters} member of the
\class{shlex} instance to the empty string). This function operates
-in \POSIX{} mode.
+in \POSIX{} mode by default, but uses non-\POSIX{} mode if the
+\var{posix} argument is false.
\versionadded{2.3}
+\versionchanged[Added the \var{posix} parameter]{2.6}
\end{funcdesc}
The \module{shlex} module defines the following class: