Add docstring for shlex.split (GH-16740) (GH-17013)

miss-islington · MaT1g3R · vsajip · commit c1ebe6a1259c · 2019-10-31T12:50:04.000Z
(cherry picked from commit 65c7382) Co-authored-by: MaT1g3R <peijun.ma@protonmail.com>
diff --git a/Lib/shlex.py b/Lib/shlex.py
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ def __next__(self):
         return token
 
 def split(s, comments=False, posix=True):
+    """Split the string *s* using shell-like syntax."""
     lex = shlex(s, posix=posix)
     lex.whitespace_split = True
     if not comments:
