[Python-ideas] in str.replace(old, new), allow 'old' to accept a tuple

[Ben Finney]

Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au> writes:

> "At the same time" might imply something equivalent to the cited
> "re.sub('foo|bar',...)" suggestion. And that is different to an iterated
> "replace foo, then replace bar" if the possible matched overlap.

Yes, it is; but the OP presented a proposal as though it were to have
the same semantics as a sequence of replace operations.

If the OP wants to specify different semantics, let's hear it.

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Ben Finney