[Python-3000] Small renaming suggestion: re.sub() -> re.replace() or re.substitute()

[Facundo Batista]

2007/10/5, Mark Summerfield <mark at qtrac.eu>:

> Although re.substitute() would work (and be better than sub), I think
> re.replace() is better and more consistent regarding the rest of the
> library.

+1, happened twice to me, different jobs, that a colleague came to me
asking why there was no "replace" in "re".

Yes, sub() is even difficult to find (unless you *read* all the
descriptions of the methods).

Regards,

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