Kill off softspace completely (except in formatter.py which seems to have

a different feature with the same name).
The change to test_doctest.txt reduces the doctest failures to 3.

Lib/code.py

@@ -12,19 +12,6 @@ from codeop import CommandCompiler, compile_command
 __all__ = ["InteractiveInterpreter", "InteractiveConsole", "interact",
            "compile_command"]
 
-def softspace(file, newvalue):
-    oldvalue = 0
-    try:
-        oldvalue = file.softspace
-    except AttributeError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        file.softspace = newvalue
-    except (AttributeError, TypeError):
-        # "attribute-less object" or "read-only attributes"
-        pass
-    return oldvalue
-
 class InteractiveInterpreter:
     """Base class for InteractiveConsole.
 
@@ -105,9 +92,6 @@ class InteractiveInterpreter:
             raise
         except:
             self.showtraceback()
-        else:
-            if softspace(sys.stdout, 0):
-                print()
 
     def showsyntaxerror(self, filename=None):
         """Display the syntax error that just occurred.