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#14763: document default maxsplit value for str.split.

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Ezio Melotti 2012-05-10 15:30:42 +03:00
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@ -1304,8 +1304,8 @@ functions based on regular expressions.
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 (thus,
the list will have at most ``maxsplit+1`` elements). If *maxsplit* is not
specified, then there is no limit on the number of splits (all possible
splits are made).
specified or ``-1``, then there is no limit on the number of splits
(all possible splits are made).
If *sep* is given, consecutive delimiters are not grouped together and are
deemed to delimit empty strings (for example, ``'1,,2'.split(',')`` returns