Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> added the comment: I agree. The fact the CPython attempts to optimize all_ascii.translate(table) is a CPython implementation detail, not a language feature. ---------- assignee: -> docs@python components: +Documentation nosy: +docs@python, terry.reedy resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed type: -> enhancement _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue36072> _______________________________________