New submission from Anthony Sottile <asott...@umich.edu>:
Here's an example from difflib import ndiff def main(): x = '\tx\t=\ty\n\t \t \t^' y = '\tx\t=\ty\n\t \t \t^\n' print('\n'.join( line.rstrip('\n') for line in ndiff(x.splitlines(True), y.splitlines(True))) ) if __name__ == '__main__': exit(main()) Current output: $ python3.8 t.py x = y - ^ + ^ ? + Expected output: $ ./python t.py x = y - ^ + ^ ? + Found this while implementing a similar thing for flake8 here: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/merge_requests/339 and while debugging with pytest ---------- messages: 349353 nosy: Anthony Sottile priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: ndiff reports incorrect location when diff strings contain tabs versions: Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue37810> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com