New submission from Max <maxmo...@gmail.com>:
I believe in both cases below, the ouptu should be ['a', 'b']; the extra ' '
inserted in the list is incorrect:
python3.6
Python 3.6.2 (default, Aug 4 2017, 14:35:04)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import shlex
>>> shlex.split('a \ b')
['a', ' b']
>>> shlex.split('a \ b')
['a', ' ', 'b']
>>>
Doc reference: https://docs.python.org/3/library/shlex.html#parsing-rules
> Non-quoted escape characters (e.g. '\') preserve the literal value of the
> next character that follows;
I believe this implies that backslash space should be just space; and then two
adjacent spaces should be used (just like a single space) as a separator
between arguments.
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 334081
nosy: max
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: shlex.split inserts extra item on backslash space space
versions: Python 3.6
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