diff Doc/lib/libstring.tex @ 9952:e5d0df824bf3 legacy-trunk

Document the default for tabsize in expandtabs().
author Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
date Mon, 25 Jan 1999 22:31:53 +0000
parents b78049fefceb
children b30077c57348
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--- a/Doc/lib/libstring.tex	Mon Jan 25 21:57:29 1999 +0000
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstring.tex	Mon Jan 25 22:31:53 1999 +0000
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@
   trailing whitespace.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
-\begin{funcdesc}{expandtabs}{s, tabsize}
+\begin{funcdesc}{expandtabs}{s, \optional{tabsize}}
   Expand tabs in a string, i.e.\ replace them by one or more spaces,
   depending on the current column and the given tab size.  The column
   number is reset to zero after each newline occurring in the string.
   This doesn't understand other non-printing characters or escape
-  sequences.
+  sequences.  The tab size defaults to 8.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{find}{s, sub\optional{, start\optional{,end}}}