textwrap should minimize number of breaks in extra long words

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Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling

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The issue does not name an implementation file or test. Locate Python's textwrap implementation and its existing tests, then determine the expected wrapping behavior for extra-long words. Done means the behavior minimizes the number of breaks without regressing existing textwrap cases.

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3.10 3.11 3.9 (EOL) stdlib type-feature
BPO 26214
Nosy @stevendaprano, @serhiy-storchaka, @tirkarthi, @iritkatriel, @akulakov

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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2016-01-27.08:08:41.503>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
title = 'textwrap should minimize number of breaks in extra long words'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-27.18:51:25.917>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/TuomasSalo'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-12-27.18:51:25.917>
actor = 'andrei.avk'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2016-01-27.08:08:41.503>
creator = 'Tuomas Salo'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 26214
keywords = []
message_count = 6.0
messages = ['258999', '376368', '376387', '376388', '376395', '409241']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['steven.daprano', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'Tuomas Salo', 'xtreak', 'iritkatriel', 'andrei.avk']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue26214'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

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