From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:21:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Bug #1742901: document None behavior of shlex.split.
X-Git-Tag: v2.6a1~1594
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=00a15bbe2e48315a20c2aaba7d5985a50ed60747;p=python

Bug #1742901: document None behavior of shlex.split.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex b/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex
index 23babd3ccb..230ae9f767 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ 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}
+\note{Since the \function{split()} function instantiates a \class{shlex}
+      instance, passing \code{None} for \var{s} will read the string
+      to split from standard input.}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 The \module{shlex} module defines the following class: