> Whitespace is included when you copy something. What's the problem? In addition to the points posted in a parallel thread, selecting and copying leading whit

> Whitespace is included when you copy something. What's the problem? In addition to the points posted in a parallel thread, selecting and copying leading whitespace reliably is more difficult than just getting the printable characters. Also: it's not something that anyone has any cause to do outside of copying Python text.