From: Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:12:15 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: SF bug 1054821:  difflib HtmlDiff() extra space on inserted 1 character lines
X-Git-Tag: v2.4c1~26
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0ca0c64409056047b4e24617f79a8faff93c2875;p=python

SF bug 1054821:  difflib HtmlDiff() extra space on inserted 1 character lines

Simple correction from the code's author (Dan Gass).
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diff --git a/Lib/difflib.py b/Lib/difflib.py
index 124ae9061a..590785f391 100644
--- a/Lib/difflib.py
+++ b/Lib/difflib.py
@@ -1367,8 +1367,8 @@ def _mdiff(fromlines, tolines, context=None, linejunk=None,
             text = lines.pop(0)[2:]
             # if line of text is just a newline, insert a space so there is
             # something for the user to highlight and see.
-            if len(text) <= 1:
-                text = ' '+text
+            if not text:
+                text = ' '
             # insert marks that won't be noticed by an xml/html escaper.
             text = '\0' + format_key + text + '\1'
         # Return line of text, first allow user's line formatter to do it's