On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 05:58:59PM +0200, Moritz Lenz wrote:
: Hi,
:
: what should ''.split('') return? The empty list, or a list with one null
: string?
Empty list would make more sense as a degenerate case. In
'a'.split('')
we don't return the null strings before or after 'a', just
Larry Wall wrote:
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 05:58:59PM +0200, Moritz Lenz wrote:
: Hi,
:
: what should ''.split('') return? The empty list, or a list with one null
: string?
Empty list would make more sense as a degenerate case. In
'a'.split('')
we don't return the null