doctest does not consider \r\n a <BLANKLINE>

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Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
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Tech stack
python
Domain
testing

Research direction

Start with the attached test.py and the doctest library implementation, then reproduce how a \r\n-only blank line is compared with . Done means the behavior is covered by a regression test and doctest recognizes the intended blank line consistently.

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3.7 (EOL) stdlib
BPO 32097
Nosy @bertjwregeer, @serhiy-storchaka
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title = 'doctest does not consider \\r\\n a <BLANKLINE>'
updated_at = <Date 2017-11-24.19:33:14.257>
user = 'https://github.com/bertjwregeer'

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