[Python-checkins] r52951 - python/trunk/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex python/trunk/Doc/lib/libstring.tex

georg.brandl python-checkins at python.org
Thu Dec 7 10:30:07 CET 2006


Author: georg.brandl
Date: Thu Dec  7 10:30:06 2006
New Revision: 52951

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
   python/trunk/Doc/lib/libstring.tex
Log:
RFE #1592899: mention string.maketrans() in docs for str.translate,
remove reference to the old regex module in the former's doc.


Modified: python/trunk/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Thu Dec  7 10:30:06 2006
@@ -876,6 +876,9 @@
 characters have been mapped through the given translation table, which
 must be a string of length 256.
 
+You can use the \function{maketrans()} helper function in the
+\refmodule{string} module to create a translation table.
+
 For Unicode objects, the \method{translate()} method does not
 accept the optional \var{deletechars} argument.  Instead, it
 returns a copy of the \var{s} where all characters have been mapped

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/lib/libstring.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/lib/libstring.tex	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/lib/libstring.tex	Thu Dec  7 10:30:06 2006
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{maketrans}{from, to}
   Return a translation table suitable for passing to
-  \function{translate()} or \function{regex.compile()}, that will map
+  \function{translate()}, that will map
   each character in \var{from} into the character at the same position
   in \var{to}; \var{from} and \var{to} must have the same length.
 


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