Index: libstdtypes.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex,v
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--- libstdtypes.tex	1 Jan 2005 00:28:43 -0000	1.172
+++ libstdtypes.tex	24 Jan 2005 12:12:43 -0000
@@ -737,8 +737,11 @@
 \begin{methoddesc}[string]{rsplit}{\optional{sep \optional{,maxsplit}}}
 Return a list of the words in the string, using \var{sep} as the
 delimiter string.  If \var{maxsplit} is given, at most \var{maxsplit}
-splits are done, the \emph{rightmost} ones.  If \var{sep} is not specified
-or \code{None}, any whitespace string is a separator.
+splits are done, the \emph{rightmost} ones (thus, the list will have at
+most \code{\var{maxsplit}+1} elements). If \var{maxsplit} is not specified
+or is less than zero, then there is no limit on the number of splits
+(all possible splits are made). If \var{sep} is not specified or
+\code{None}, any whitespace string is a separator.
 \versionadded{2.4}
 \end{methoddesc}
 
@@ -754,9 +757,9 @@
 \begin{methoddesc}[string]{split}{\optional{sep \optional{,maxsplit}}}
 Return a list of the words in the string, using \var{sep} as the
 delimiter string.  If \var{maxsplit} is given, at most \var{maxsplit}
-splits are done. (thus, the list will have at most \code{\var{maxsplit}+1}
-elements).  If \var{maxsplit} is not specified or is zero, then there
-is no limit on the number of splits (all possible splits are made).
+splits are done (thus, the list will have at most \code{\var{maxsplit}+1}
+elements).  If \var{maxsplit} is not specified or is less than zero, then
+there is no limit on the number of splits (all possible splits are made).
 Consecutive delimiters are not grouped together and are
 deemed to delimit empty strings (for example, \samp{'1,,2'.split(',')}
 returns \samp{['1', '', '2']}).  The \var{sep} argument may consist of