[Python-3000] string module trimming

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Tue Apr 17 23:27:25 CEST 2007


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On Apr 17, 2007, at 5:23 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> On 4/17/07, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
>> Certainly it makes sense to keep the ascii_* constants.  The docs say
>> letters and lowercase are locale-aware, so I guess it makes sense to
>> keep those too.
>
> Really? Remember that Py3k won't be using the locale for anything
> character/string-related -- strings will all be unicode and the
> islower() methods and friends just use the Unicode database.

Well then in in that case, zap 'em! :)

- -Barry

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