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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libshlex.tex | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/shlex.py | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 2 |
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex b/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex index 451615f..23babd3 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex @@ -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: diff --git a/Lib/shlex.py b/Lib/shlex.py index 6632b87..fa18bb9 100644 --- a/Lib/shlex.py +++ b/Lib/shlex.py @@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ class shlex: raise StopIteration return token -def split(s, comments=False): - lex = shlex(s, posix=True) +def split(s, comments=False, posix=True): + lex = shlex(s, posix) lex.whitespace_split = True if not comments: lex.commenters = '' @@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ Core and builtins Library ------- +- shlex.split() now has an optional "posix" parameter. + - The posixfile module now raises a DeprecationWarning. - Remove the gopherlib module. This also leads to the removal of gopher |