On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Michel Desmoulin <desmoulinmichel@gmail.com> wrote:
This actually could be implemented directly in str.replace() without breaking the API by accepting:

"stuff".replace('a', '')
"stuff".replace(('a', 'b', 'c'), '')
"stuff".replace(('a', 'b', 'c'), ('?', '*', ''))

+1 -- I have found I Need to do this often enough that I've wondered why it's not there.

making three calls to replace() isn't too bad, but is klunky and has performance issues.

-CHB

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