[Patches] string.translate behaviour

[Peter Schneider-Kamp]

Moshe Zadka wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 28 May 2000, Peter Schneider-Kamp wrote:
> 
> > AMK says: I later proposed a solution that would let us keep
> > string.translate, and would behave naturally, yet doesn't seem likely to
> > break any code. string.translate would have a signature (fromchars,
> 
> It looks way, way too DWIM for my tastes. Wouldn't it be better to have a function with a brand new name which works correctly without guessing?

I guess that would indeed be better. I just took up the bit from the
to-do list because I felt it was something worth to be solved in
one or the other way.

If my patch triggers another, better solution, I am just as
happy. How do you think it should be implemented?
Using string.trans as proposed by Guido?

waiting-for-suggestions-ly y'rs
Peter
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