@@ -2585,7 +2585,8 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
25852585
25862586 Return a list of the words in the string, using *sep * as the delimiter string.
25872587 If *maxsplit * is given, at most *maxsplit * splits are done, the *rightmost *
2588- ones. If *sep * is not specified or ``None ``, any whitespace string is a
2588+ ones. If *sep * is not specified or ``None ``, any
2589+ :meth: `whitespace <str.isspace> ` string is a
25892590 separator. Except for splitting from the right, :meth: `rsplit ` behaves like
25902591 :meth: `split ` which is described in detail below.
25912592
@@ -2645,7 +2646,8 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
26452646 ['1', '2', '3<4']
26462647
26472648 If *sep * is not specified or is ``None ``, a different splitting algorithm is
2648- applied: runs of consecutive whitespace are regarded as a single separator,
2649+ applied: runs of consecutive :meth: `whitespace <str.isspace> ` are regarded
2650+ as a single separator,
26492651 and the result will contain no empty strings at the start or end if the
26502652 string has leading or trailing whitespace. Consequently, splitting an empty
26512653 string or a string consisting of just whitespace with a ``None `` separator
@@ -3875,7 +3877,8 @@ produce new objects.
38753877 Return a copy of the sequence with specified leading bytes removed. The
38763878 *bytes * argument is a binary sequence specifying the set of byte values to
38773879 be removed. If omitted or ``None ``, the *bytes * argument defaults
3878- to removing ASCII whitespace. The *bytes * argument is not a prefix;
3880+ to removing :meth: `ASCII whitespace <bytes.isspace> `.
3881+ The *bytes * argument is not a prefix;
38793882 rather, all combinations of its values are stripped::
38803883
38813884 >>> b' spacious '.lstrip()
@@ -3919,7 +3922,8 @@ produce new objects.
39193922 Split the binary sequence into subsequences of the same type, using *sep *
39203923 as the delimiter string. If *maxsplit * is given, at most *maxsplit * splits
39213924 are done, the *rightmost * ones. If *sep * is not specified or ``None ``,
3922- any subsequence consisting solely of ASCII whitespace is a separator.
3925+ any subsequence consisting solely of
3926+ :meth: `ASCII whitespace <bytes.isspace> ` is a separator.
39233927 Except for splitting from the right, :meth: `rsplit ` behaves like
39243928 :meth: `split ` which is described in detail below.
39253929
@@ -3930,7 +3934,8 @@ produce new objects.
39303934 Return a copy of the sequence with specified trailing bytes removed. The
39313935 *bytes * argument is a binary sequence specifying the set of byte values to
39323936 be removed. If omitted or ``None ``, the *bytes * argument defaults to
3933- removing ASCII whitespace. The *bytes * argument is not a suffix; rather,
3937+ removing :meth: `ASCII whitespace <bytes.isspace> `.
3938+ The *bytes * argument is not a suffix; rather,
39343939 all combinations of its values are stripped::
39353940
39363941 >>> b' spacious '.rstrip()
@@ -3983,7 +3988,8 @@ produce new objects.
39833988 [b'1', b'2', b'3<4']
39843989
39853990 If *sep * is not specified or is ``None ``, a different splitting algorithm
3986- is applied: runs of consecutive ASCII whitespace are regarded as a single
3991+ is applied: runs of consecutive :meth: `ASCII whitespace <bytes.isspace> `
3992+ are regarded as a single
39873993 separator, and the result will contain no empty strings at the start or
39883994 end if the sequence has leading or trailing whitespace. Consequently,
39893995 splitting an empty sequence or a sequence consisting solely of ASCII
@@ -4006,7 +4012,8 @@ produce new objects.
40064012 Return a copy of the sequence with specified leading and trailing bytes
40074013 removed. The *bytes * argument is a binary sequence specifying the set of
40084014 byte values to be removed. If omitted or ``None ``, the *bytes *
4009- argument defaults to removing ASCII whitespace. The *bytes * argument is
4015+ argument defaults to removing :meth: `ASCII whitespace <bytes.isspace> `.
4016+ The *bytes * argument is
40104017 not a prefix or suffix; rather, all combinations of its values are
40114018 stripped::
40124019
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