Re: textwrap.wrap() breaks non-breaking spaces

On Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 3:40:07 PM UTC-4, Johannes Bauer wrote:
> Hey there,> > so that textwrap.wrap() breks non-breaking spaces, is this a bug or> intended behavior? For example:> > Python 3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11)> [GCC 4.8.2] on linux> > >>> import textwrap> >>> for line in textwrap.wrap("foo dont\xa0break " * 20): print(line)> ...> foo dont break foo dont break foo dont break foo dont break foo dont> break foo dont break foo dont break foo dont break foo dont break foo> dont break foo dont break foo dont break foo dont break foo dont break> foo dont break foo dont break foo dont break foo dont break foo dont> break foo dont break> > Apparently it does recognize that \xa0 is a kind of space, but it thinks> it can break any space. The point of \xa0 being exactly to avoid this> kind of thing.

There's a Python bug about this: http://bugs.python.org/issue20491

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> > Any remedy or ideas?> > Cheers,> Johannes
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