[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-469681 ] Replace a whole string with empty string

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Bugs item #469681, was opened at 2001-10-09 14:36
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Replace a whole string with empty string

Initial Comment:
Replaceing a whole string with an empty string is behaving differently in Unix and windows 
environment.  It raises a memory error in Unix as shown below:

UNIX RUN:
Python 2.1 (#18, May 24 2001, 14:56:32) [C] on osf1V4
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>>> x = 'test'
>>> x.replace('test','')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
MemoryError

The same test has passed in Windows environment:

PythonWin 2.1 (#15, Apr 16 2001, 18:25:49) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32.
Portions Copyright 1994-2001 Mark Hammond (MarkH@ActiveState.com) - see 'Help/About 
PythonWin' for further copyright information.
>>> x = 'test'
>>> x.replace('test','')
''
>>> x
'test'
>>> 


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