[Python-Dev] Adding Unicode methods to string objects

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> 
> > Unicode objects      string objects
> > expandtabs
> 
> yes.
> 
> I'm pretty sure there's "expandtabs" code in the
> strop module.  maybe barry missed it?
> 
> > center
> > ljust
> > rjust
> 
> probably.
> 
> the implementation is trivial, and ljust/rjust are
> somewhat useful, so you might as well add them
> all (just cut and paste from the unicode class).
> 
> what about rguido and lguido, btw?

Ooops, forgot those, thanks :-)
 
> > zfill
> 
> no.

Why not ?

Since the string implementation had all of the above
marked as TBD, I added all four.

What about the other new methods (.isXXX() and .splitlines()) ?

.isXXX() are mostly needed due to the extended character
properties in Unicode. They would be new to the string object
world.

.splitlines() is Unicode aware and also treats CR/LF
combinations across platforms:

S.splitlines([maxsplit]]) -> list of strings

Return a list of the lines in S, breaking at line boundaries.
If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit are done. Line breaks are not
included in the resulting list.

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