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Author vstinner
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Date 2015-03-23.09:50:54
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> Maybe it is okay if these functions are present, but can't they raise an exception or return None instead of returning these funny tuples when empty strings ?

It would break the backward compatibility. Again, it's a delibarate choice.
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