commit 48f3dcc93e57e75e43f9e1a82daa02d2c2f29ec8
author Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo@niemeyer.net> Sun Apr 20 01:57:03 2003 +0000
committer Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo@niemeyer.net> Sun Apr 20 01:57:03 2003 +0000
tree 565d184f58251dabce4907b80cf999593d888c17
parent cf146d31e72467db55a97169563c813706cef681

- Changed shlex.split() method to have more useful and
  meaningful parameters.

Lib/shlex.py

diff --git a/Lib/shlex.py b/Lib/shlex.py
index dd10447..b302699 100644
--- a/Lib/shlex.py
+++ b/Lib/shlex.py
@@ -271,9 +271,11 @@
             raise StopIteration
         return token
 
-def split(s, posix=True, spaces=True):
-    lex = shlex(s, posix=posix)
-    lex.whitespace_split = spaces
+def split(s, comments=False):
+    lex = shlex(s, posix=True)
+    lex.whitespace_split = True
+    if not comments:
+        lex.commenters = ''
     return list(lex)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':