From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:21:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Bug #1742901: document None behavior of shlex.split.
X-Git-Tag: v2.5.2c1~256
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4508df2c7267511882736f3cce8b97c4f4602878;p=python

Bug #1742901: document None behavior of shlex.split.
 (backport from rev. 56084)
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex b/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex
index 3a43648897..5837788ca1 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ string will be disabled (setting the \member{commenters} member of the
 \class{shlex} instance to the empty string).  This function operates
 in \POSIX{} mode.
 \versionadded{2.3}
+\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: