Re: [Python-ideas] in str.replace(old, new), allow 'old' to accept a tuple

Stefan Behnel wrote:

And str.replace() isn't the right interface for anything but a one-shot operation if the intention is to pass in a sequence of keywords.

So maybe a better approach would be to enhance maketrans so that both keys and replacements can be more than one character long? Behind the scenes, it could build a DFA or whatever is needed to do it efficiently. -- Greg