Small inconsistency between string.split and "".split

[Inyeol Lee]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 02:41:33PM -0300, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:
...
> ... Alas, the "None"
> trick is not documented -- and without knowing about it, I had no
> other way around.

In 2.3.4 Python Library Reference section 2.3.6.1 String Methods,

"""
split([sep [,maxsplit]])

      Return a list of the words in the string, using sep as the
      delimiter string. If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit
      splits are done. If sep is not specified or None, any
      whitespace string is a separator.
"""

I think "None" trick was documented here since string method was
introduced.

-Inyeol