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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_textwrap.py11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py b/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py
index 5a33c15..47d97bd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py
@@ -559,6 +559,17 @@ class MaxLinesTestCase(BaseTestCase):
placeholder=' [truncated]...')
self.check_wrap(self.text, 80, [self.text], placeholder='.' * 1000)
+ def test_placeholder_backtrack(self):
+ # Test special case when max_lines insufficient, but what
+ # would be last wrapped line so long the placeholder cannot
+ # be added there without violence. So, textwrap backtracks,
+ # adding placeholder to the penultimate line.
+ text = 'Good grief Python features are advancing quickly!'
+ self.check_wrap(text, 12,
+ ['Good grief', 'Python*****'],
+ max_lines=3,
+ placeholder='*****')
+
class LongWordTestCase (BaseTestCase):
def setUp(self):