Next, a demonstration of whitespace normalization. >>> import sys >>> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] ... # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] >>> sys.stdout.write("This text\n contains weird spacing.") ... # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE This text contains weird spacing.