[Python-Dev] PEP 292, Simpler String Substitutions

[Guido van Rossum]

> > I'm +1 on adding a text utility module for occasionally useful
> > stuff like wrapping, getting rid of gremlins, doing various kinds
> > of substitutions, centering/capitalizing/padding and otherwise
> > formatting strings, searching/parsing, and other fun stuff that
> > your average text editor can do (and +0 on using the existing
> > "string" module for that purpose, but I can live with another
> > name).

+1 on (e.g.) a text module.

-1 on reusing the string module.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)