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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1996-02-12 23:59:54 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1996-02-12 23:59:54 (GMT)
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better way to normalize spaces in add_flowing_data
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/formatter.py b/Lib/formatter.py
index 50615f4..363222e 100644
--- a/Lib/formatter.py
+++ b/Lib/formatter.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import sys
AS_IS = None
-whitespace = '[' + string.whitespace + ']+'
-
class NullFormatter:
@@ -110,7 +108,19 @@ class AbstractFormatter:
def add_flowing_data(self, data):
if not data: return
- data = regsub.gsub(whitespace, ' ', data)
+ # The following looks a bit convoluted but is a great improvement over
+ # data = regsub.gsub('[' + string.whitespace + ']+', ' ', data)
+ if data[0] in string.whitespace:
+ head = ' '
+ else:
+ head = ''
+ if data[-1] in string.whitespace:
+ tail = ' '
+ else:
+ tail = ''
+ data = head + string.join(string.split(data))
+ if data != ' ': data = data + tail
+ #
if self.nospace and data[0] == ' ':
data = data[1:]
if not data: return