From: Georg Brandl Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 09:58:48 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Correction in softspace behavior description. X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~1129 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=346a38dbc0cc28c4a308f81e41bc0a4f81eb49ea;p=python Correction in softspace behavior description. --- diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst index 276a0da50c..e295552f05 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst @@ -386,9 +386,10 @@ first converted to a string using the rules for string conversions. The object is (converted and) written, unless the output system believes it is positioned at the beginning of a line. This is the case (1) when no characters have yet been written to standard output, (2) when the last character written to -standard output is ``'\n'``, or (3) when the last write operation on standard -output was not a :keyword:`print` statement. (In some cases it may be -functional to write an empty string to standard output for this reason.) +standard output is a whitespace character except ``' '``, or (3) when the last +write operation on standard output was not a :keyword:`print` statement. +(In some cases it may be functional to write an empty string to standard output +for this reason.) .. note::