Replace get_attribute_text with get_attribute_list.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/bs4/element.py b/bs4/element.py
index 71cdb65..526db28 100644
--- a/bs4/element.py
+++ b/bs4/element.py
@@ -992,11 +992,11 @@ class Tag(PageElement):
         attribute."""
         return self.attrs.get(key, default)
 
-    def get_attribute_text(self, key, default=None):
-        """The same as get(), but converts lists of values to strings."""
+    def get_attribute_list(self, key, default=None):
+        """The same as get(), but always returns a list."""
         value = self.get(key, default)
-        if isinstance(value, list):
-            value = " ".join(value)
+        if not isinstance(value, list):
+            value = [value]
         return value
     
     def has_attr(self, key):
diff --git a/bs4/tests/test_tree.py b/bs4/tests/test_tree.py
index 90a6d25..c0e7c40 100644
--- a/bs4/tests/test_tree.py
+++ b/bs4/tests/test_tree.py
@@ -1286,9 +1286,9 @@ class TestCDAtaListAttributes(SoupTest):
         soup = self.soup("<a class='foo\tbar'>")
         self.assertEqual(b'<a class="foo bar"></a>', soup.a.encode())
 
-    def test_attribute_values_joined_into_string_through_string_attr(self):
-        soup = self.soup("<a class='foo\tbar'>")
-        self.assertEqual('foo bar', soup.a.get_attribute_text('class'))
+    def test_get_attribute_list(self):
+        soup = self.soup("<a id='abc def'>")
+        self.assertEqual(['abc def'], soup.a.get_attribute_list('id'))
         
     def test_accept_charset(self):
         soup = self.soup('<form accept-charset="ISO-8859-1 UTF-8">')