[issue13281] Make robotparser.RobotFileParser ignore blank lines

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> added the comment:

Since following the spec is not a bug, this issue is a feature request for 3.3. I agree with just being lenient with no added parameter. Perhaps that should be mentioned in the doc with (or in) a version-added note. Senthil: does doc standard allow something like

Version added 3.3: Ignore blanks lines within record groups.
?

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title: robotparser.RobotFileParser ignores rules preceeded by a blank line -> Make robotparser.RobotFileParser ignore blank lines
type: behavior -> feature request
versions:  -Python 2.7, Python 3.2

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