diff --git a/test/02_test/test/spam_test.py b/test/02_test/test/spam_test.py
index d26535fa..ba5f5e91 100644
--- a/test/02_test/test/spam_test.py
+++ b/test/02_test/test/spam_test.py
@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ from unittest import TestCase
 import spam
 
 
-def path_contains(parent, child): 
+def path_contains(parent, child):
     ''' returns True if `child` is inside `parent`.
 
     Works around path-comparison bugs caused by short-paths on Windows e.g.
     vssadm~1 instead of vssadministrator
     '''
-    parent = os.path.abspath(parent) 
-    child = os.path.abspath(child) 
+    parent = os.path.abspath(parent)
+    child = os.path.abspath(child)
 
-    while child != os.path.dirname(child): 
-        child = os.path.dirname(child)  
-        if os.stat(parent) ==  os.stat(child): 
+    while child != os.path.dirname(child):
+        child = os.path.dirname(child)
+        if os.stat(parent) == os.stat(child):
             # parent and child refer to the same directory on the filesystem
-            return True 
+            return True
     return False