Bugs item #1202395, was opened at 2005-05-15 12:50 Message generated for change (Settings changed) made by rhettinger You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1202395&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Documentation Group: None >Status: Closed >Resolution: Fixed Priority: 5 Submitted By: Roy Smith (roysmith) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Description of string.lstrip() needs improvement Initial Comment: In http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html, under lstrip(), it says, "chars must be a string; the characters in the string will be stripped from the beginning of the string this method is called on". It would be clearer if it said: "chars must be a string; the characters in the string constitute a set of characters to be stripped from the beginning of the string this method is called on". Similarly for rstrip() and strip(). There was a recent posting to comp.lang.python where it appears that the poster thought the argument to lstrip() was a leading string to be removed, not a set of characters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) Date: 2005-05-31 05:27 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=80475 Okay, fixed. Thanks for the report. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: liturgist (liturgist) Date: 2005-05-23 11:03 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=197677 It would also be helpful to note the definition of "whitespace" in each of the strip() methods. It appears to be defined in strip() as being identical to string.whitespace. However, I do not see a built-in whitespace for strings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Terry J. Reedy (tjreedy) Date: 2005-05-18 20:18 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=593130 Over the years, several people have tripped over this and posted to c.l.p., so I think the existing text is unclear enough to arguably qualify as a buglet. In response to the same posting, I had the same thought of clarifying that the 'string' defines a set, so I support this suggestion or something similar ;-) and thank you for submitting it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Roy Smith (roysmith) Date: 2005-05-15 12:55 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=390499 I notice bug #1196824 (recently submitted and closed as "not a bug") relates to the same issue. It seems more than one person has gotten confused by this :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1202395&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
