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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_textwrap.py13
-rw-r--r--Lib/textwrap.py7
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py b/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py
index 5f0b51b4e7..787153e3cd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py
@@ -398,6 +398,19 @@ How *do* you spell that odd word, anyways?
' o'],
subsequent_indent = ' '*15)
+ # bug 1146. Prevent a long word to be wrongly wrapped when the
+ # preceding word is exactly one character shorter than the width
+ self.check_wrap(self.text, 12,
+ ['Did you say ',
+ '"supercalifr',
+ 'agilisticexp',
+ 'ialidocious?',
+ '" How *do*',
+ 'you spell',
+ 'that odd',
+ 'word,',
+ 'anyways?'])
+
def test_nobreak_long(self):
# Test with break_long_words disabled
self.wrapper.break_long_words = 0
diff --git a/Lib/textwrap.py b/Lib/textwrap.py
index e49644d221..473b98ac97 100644
--- a/Lib/textwrap.py
+++ b/Lib/textwrap.py
@@ -173,7 +173,12 @@ class TextWrapper:
Handle a chunk of text (most likely a word, not whitespace) that
is too long to fit in any line.
"""
- space_left = max(width - cur_len, 1)
+ # Figure out when indent is larger than the specified width, and make
+ # sure at least one character is stripped off on every pass
+ if width < 1:
+ space_left = 1
+ else:
+ space_left = width - cur_len
# If we're allowed to break long words, then do so: put as much
# of the next chunk onto the current line as will fit.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 8a6ca66ebe..fdf1e860a0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ Core and builtins
Library
-------
+- #1146: fix how textwrap breaks a long word that would start in the
+ last column of a line.
+
- #1693149: trace.py --ignore-module - accept multiple comma-separated
modules to be given.