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Description
Python's "".split() method has a useful feature: When invoked without any arguments, the string is split according to any whitespace, and empty strings are discarded from the result:
>>> s = "X Y\tZ"
>>> s.split(" ")
['X', 'Y\tZ']
>>> s.split("\t")
['X Y', 'Z']
>>> s.split()
['X', 'Y', 'Z']Having a similar logic in ABS would make it much easier to split strings without having to resort to calling .trim() on the resulting elements.