[Python-checkins] r84626 - python/branches/release27-maint/Lib/string.py

[senthil.kumaran]

Author: senthil.kumaran
Date: Wed Sep  8 14:40:45 2010
New Revision: 84626

Log:
Issue5416 - Revert a documentatin change made to explain replace on negative value.
Minor changes to doc:  s/maxsplit/maxreplace



Modified:
   python/branches/release27-maint/Lib/string.py

Modified: python/branches/release27-maint/Lib/string.py
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release27-maint/Lib/string.py	(original)
+++ python/branches/release27-maint/Lib/string.py	Wed Sep  8 14:40:45 2010
@@ -508,16 +508,15 @@
     return s.capitalize()
 
 # Substring replacement (global)
-def replace(s, old, new, maxsplit=-1):
-    """replace (str, old, new[, maxsplit]) -> string
+def replace(s, old, new, maxreplace=-1):
+    """replace (str, old, new[, maxreplace]) -> string
 
     Return a copy of string str with all occurrences of substring
-    old replaced by new. If the optional argument maxsplit is
-    given, only the first maxsplit occurrences are replaced. A
-    negative value of maxsplit signifies all occurances.
+    old replaced by new. If the optional argument maxreplace is
+    given, only the first maxreplace occurrences are replaced.
 
     """
-    return s.replace(old, new, maxsplit)
+    return s.replace(old, new, maxreplace)
 
 
 # Try importing optional built-in module "strop" -- if it exists,