[Python-Dev] Death to string functions!

[Just van Rossum]

At 1:56 PM -0500 19-12-2000, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
>>>>>> "JvR" == Just van Rossum <just@letterror.com> writes:
>
>    JvR> Oh, does this mean that "".join() becomes deprecated?
>
>Please, no.

And keep two non-deprecated ways to do the same thing? I'm not saying it
should be removed, just that the powers that be declare that _one_ of them
is the preferred way.

And-if-that-one-isn't-builtin-join()-I-don't-know-why-to-even-bother y'rs
-- Just