From: Joey Smith <joeysmith@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 10:17:26 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: gh-133986: Document string split algorithm when sep is None and maxsplit is 0 (#133987)
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gh-133986: Document string split algorithm when sep is None and maxsplit is 0 (#133987)

* Document string split algorithm when sep is None and maxsplit is 0

* Update Doc/library/stdtypes.rst

Co-authored-by: Semyon Moroz <donbarbos@proton.me>

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Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
Co-authored-by: Semyon Moroz <donbarbos@proton.me>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 1d9a655c7664..3486a18b5cb1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2269,6 +2269,18 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
       >>> '   1   2   3   '.split()
       ['1', '2', '3']
 
+   If *sep* is not specified or is ``None`` and  *maxsplit* is ``0``, only
+   leading runs of consecutive whitespace are considered.
+
+   For example::
+
+      >>> "".split(None, 0)
+      []
+      >>> "   ".split(None, 0)
+      []
+      >>> "   foo   ".split(maxsplit=0)
+      ['foo   ']
+
 
 .. index::
    single: universal newlines; str.splitlines method