From 3d05c1600336ad3f09b28cbedc7b31c17dcf51f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Ward <gward@python.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:09:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Andrew Kuchling: Fixed precendence bug that meant setting
 skip_blanks to false didn't work under some circumstances.

---
 Lib/distutils/text_file.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/text_file.py b/Lib/distutils/text_file.py
index b7317622307..c983afa4252 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/text_file.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/text_file.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def readline (self):
 
             # blank line (whether we rstrip'ed or not)? skip to next line
             # if appropriate
-            if line == '' or line == '\n' and self.skip_blanks:
+            if (line == '' or line == '\n') and self.skip_blanks:
                 continue
 
             if self.join_lines: