schizophrenic view of what is white space

[Robin Becker]

Is python of two minds about what is white space. I notice that split, strip 
seem to regard u'\xa0' (NO-BREAK SPACE) as white, but that code is not matched 
by the \s pattern. If this difference is intended can we rely on it continuing?


 >>> u'a b'.split()
[u'a', u'b']
 >>> u'a\xa0b'.split()
[u'a', u'b']
 >>> re.compile(r'\s').search(u'a b')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x00DBB2C0>
 >>> re.compile(r'\s').search(u'a\xa0b')
 >>>


-- 
Robin Becker