Depricated String Functions in Python

[Steve Holden]

John Machin wrote:
> On 20/07/2006 5:18 PM, Steve Holden wrote:
> 
>>Anoop wrote:
>>
>>>Hi All
>>>
>>>Can any one help me out with the various depricated string functions
>>>that is followed in Python.
>>>
>>>For example how will be string.lower depricated.
>>>
>>>As far as string.lower('PYTHON') is concerned it is depricated as
>>>'PYTHON'.lower(). Both of them would return an output : >>> python
>>>
>>>Thanks for your inputs
>>>
>>
>>I wonder if this isn't just an English problem: the fact that the 
>>functions of the string module is depracated 
> 
> 
> "depracated"? "functions ... is"? Yup, sure looks like an English 
> problem to me :-)
> 
Nobody likes a smartarse :-)

> Perhaps the docs should use simpler words like "outdated" or "not 
> preferred" or such-like instead of "depr*e*cated".
> 
That probably wouldn't be a bad idea. Please note, however, that even if 
the documentation spelled everything correctly I would doubtless 
continue to mangle the spellings through typos.

regards
  Steve
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