Issue #18279: Add tests for idlelib/RstripExtension.py. Original patch by
Phil Webster. With that available, modify RstripExtension.py to stop deleting
null slices, which caused a file to be marked as changed when it was not.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/RstripExtension.py b/Lib/idlelib/RstripExtension.py
index 19e35d4..2ce3c7e 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/RstripExtension.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/RstripExtension.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 'Provides "Strip trailing whitespace" under the "Format" menu.'
 
-__author__ = "Roger D. Serwy <roger.serwy at gmail.com>"
-
 class RstripExtension:
 
     menudefs = [
-        ('format', [None,
-               ('Strip trailing whitespace', '<<do-rstrip>>'),
-       ]),]
+        ('format', [None, ('Strip trailing whitespace', '<<do-rstrip>>'), ] ), ]
 
     def __init__(self, editwin):
         self.editwin = editwin
@@ -20,10 +16,18 @@
 
         undo.undo_block_start()
 
-        end_line = int(float(text.index('end'))) + 1
+        end_line = int(float(text.index('end')))
         for cur in range(1, end_line):
-            txt = text.get('%i.0' % cur, '%i.0 lineend' % cur)
+            txt = text.get('%i.0' % cur, '%i.end' % cur)
+            raw = len(txt)
             cut = len(txt.rstrip())
-            text.delete('%i.%i' % (cur, cut), '%i.0 lineend' % cur)
+            # Since text.delete() marks file as changed, even if not,
+            # only call it when needed to actually delete something.
+            if cut < raw:
+                text.delete('%i.%i' % (cur, cut), '%i.end' % cur)
 
         undo.undo_block_stop()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import unittest
+    unittest.main('idlelib.idle_test.test_rstrip', verbosity=2, exit=False)