Commit f8d3bcc7 authored by Barry Warsaw's avatar Barry Warsaw

Generator's constructor: The documentation was incorrect regarding how

header wrapping gets done when maxheaderlen <> 0.  The header really
gets wrapped via the email.Header.Header class, which has a more
sophisticated algorithm than just splitting on semi-colons.
parent 3997f58a
...@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ mailbox format files. ...@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ mailbox format files.
Optional \var{maxheaderlen} specifies the longest length for a Optional \var{maxheaderlen} specifies the longest length for a
non-continued header. When a header line is longer than non-continued header. When a header line is longer than
\var{maxheaderlen} (in characters, with tabs expanded to 8 spaces), \var{maxheaderlen} (in characters, with tabs expanded to 8 spaces),
the header will be broken on semicolons and continued as per the header will be split as defined in the \module{email.Header}
\rfc{2822}. If no semicolon is found, then the header is left alone. class. Set to zero to disable header wrapping. The default is 78, as
Set to zero to disable wrapping headers. Default is 78, as
recommended (but not required) by \rfc{2822}. recommended (but not required) by \rfc{2822}.
\end{classdesc} \end{classdesc}
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