Oct. 3, 2011
3:28 p.m.
On 30/09/2011 10:46 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
What you describe as "questionable methods" go back to the string module, and were made methods deliberately.
There's a difference between something being done deliberately and something being a good idea.
And so they should be.
Riiiight, I'm sure that swapcase() has come in handy for literally zeros of people over the years.
[pedant]
I'll say. If you've never heard a phrase something like "words that end in 'ing' are often gerunds", or did and complained that it wasn't "semantically correct", well... Matt