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in: coreIssues in core modules (aop, beans, core, context, expression)status: backportedAn issue that has been backported to maintenance branchestype: documentationA documentation task
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opened on Apr 8, 2026

The language reference documentation for SpEL is fairly extensive; however, we don't currently document whitespace semantics within SpEL expressions -- for example, that tokens can be separated spaces, tabs, carriage returns, and/or new lines.

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  1. sbrannen
    added this to the 7.0.7 milestone on Apr 8, 2026
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  4. sbrannen commented on Apr 8, 2026

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    sbrannen
    on Apr 8, 2026
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    Addressed in 14466ee and 8d390f4

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