Difference between view.lines() and view.splitByNewLines()

[edanm]

I've tried both and a few random inputs, and they seem to produce the same result (they return a list of regions which make up each line in my original region).

What am I missing?

[guillermooo]

lines() spans the whole line no matter what while splitByNewLines() keeps the selection boundaries untouched.

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this [is a line
this is] a line

# [..] denotes the visual selection

>>> view.splitByNewlines(view.sel()[0])
[(5, 14), (15, 20)]
>>> view.lines(view.sel()[0])
[(0, 14), (15, 29)]

[edanm]

Oh yeah that makes sense.
Thanks!