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| author | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 2003-11-19 02:23:01 (GMT) |
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| committer | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 2003-11-19 02:23:01 (GMT) |
| commit | b03136ad527579b93fa62cbf80d61511d41a839c (patch) | |
| tree | 5ee1f638088f247c1f0a7ec9d8800e362fcf8e9c /Lib | |
| parent | f8d3bcc77eb72d354d14ae7c72d40aace3c42c27 (diff) | |
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__init__(): The docstring was incorrect regarding how header wrapping
gets done when maxheaderlen <> 0. The header really gets wrapped via
the email.Header.Header class, which has a more sophisticated
algorithm than just splitting on semi-colons.
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/email/Generator.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/email/Generator.py b/Lib/email/Generator.py index 3e578a2..56d44ea5 100644 --- a/Lib/email/Generator.py +++ b/Lib/email/Generator.py @@ -70,11 +70,10 @@ class Generator: Optional maxheaderlen specifies the longest length for a non-continued header. When a header line is longer (in characters, with tabs - expanded to 8 spaces), than maxheaderlen, the header will be broken on - semicolons and continued as per RFC 2822. If no semicolon is found, - then the header is left alone. Set to zero to disable wrapping - headers. Default is 78, as recommended (but not required by RFC - 2822. + expanded to 8 spaces) than maxheaderlen, the header will split as + defined in the Header class. Set maxheaderlen to zero to disable + header wrapping. The default is 78, as recommended (but not required) + by RFC 2822. """ self._fp = outfp self._mangle_from_ = mangle_from_ |