* Rejecting keys that have spaces in them. Patch by Etienne Posthumus.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0f2c89f..51dec66 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+   * Rejecting keys that have spaces in them.  Patch by Etienne Posthumus.
+
    * Fixing exception raising syntax.  Patch by Samuel Stauffer.
 
    * Optimizations in read code.  Patch by Samuel Stauffer.
diff --git a/memcache.py b/memcache.py
index 043a313..e59a906 100644
--- a/memcache.py
+++ b/memcache.py
@@ -1059,9 +1059,9 @@ def check_key(key, key_extra_len=0):
              raise Client.MemcachedKeyLengthError("Key length is > %s"
                      % SERVER_MAX_KEY_LENGTH)
         for char in key:
-            if ord(char) < 32 or ord(char) == 127:
+            if ord(char) < 33 or ord(char) == 127:
                 raise Client.MemcachedKeyCharacterError(
-                        "Control characters not allowed")
+                        "Control and space characters not allowed in keys")
 
 def _doctest():
     import doctest, memcache