[Python-Dev] Idea - place to put string functions and consts

[Guido van Rossum]

> I had an idea last night concerning what to do
> with functions like string.join that don't quite
> belong as methods of a string, plus constants
> like string.uppercase etc.
> 
> Someone suggested making the os.* routines
> class methods of 'file'. So how about making
> these things class methods of 'str'?
> 
> e.g.
> 
>   mystring = str.join(["spam", "eggs"], ',')
> 
> reads quite nicely.

I still like

    ",".join(["spam", "eggs"])

much better.

But str.letters and so on have my blessing.

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