[Python-ideas] Deprecating rarely used str methods

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On Thu, Aug 8, 2013, at 14:58, MRAB wrote:
> I use [expandtabs] to ensure that indentation is always 4 spaces and never tabs
> in the regex release in case I've missed a setting in an editor
> somewhere, so it _is_ an important method! :-)

On Thu, Aug 8, 2013, at 15:16, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> If you have you ever typed on a keyboard with shift lock enabled,
> you'd know what [swapcase is] needed for ;-)

What are these text editors that let you call a python function on a
range/selection? I've run into both of these situations, and am quite
familiar with the Vim commands for fixing them.