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[3.13] gh-133986: Document string split algorithm when sep is None and maxsplit is 0 (GH-133987) (#133992)

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gh-133986: Document string split algorithm when sep is None and maxsplit is 0 (GH-133987)
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@ -2133,6 +2133,18 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
>>> ' 1 2 3 '.split()
['1', '2', '3']
If *sep* is not specified or is ``None`` and *maxsplit* is ``0``, only
leading runs of consecutive whitespace are considered.
For example::
>>> "".split(None, 0)
[]
>>> " ".split(None, 0)
[]
>>> " foo ".split(maxsplit=0)
['foo ']
.. index::
single: universal newlines; str.splitlines method