Remove functions in string module that are also string methods. Also remove:

 * all calls to functions in the string module (except maketrans)
 * everything from stropmodule except for maketrans() which is still used

Lib/Cookie.py

@@ -307,15 +307,14 @@ _Translator       = {
 
 _idmap = ''.join(chr(x) for x in xrange(256))
 
-def _quote(str, LegalChars=_LegalChars,
-           idmap=_idmap, translate=string.translate):
+def _quote(str, LegalChars=_LegalChars, idmap=_idmap):
     #
     # If the string does not need to be double-quoted,
     # then just return the string.  Otherwise, surround
     # the string in doublequotes and precede quote (with a \)
     # special characters.
     #
-    if "" == translate(str, idmap, LegalChars):
+    if "" == str.translate(idmap, LegalChars):
         return str
     else:
         return '"' + _nulljoin( map(_Translator.get, str, str) ) + '"'
@@ -440,14 +439,12 @@ class Morsel(dict):
         return K.lower() in self._reserved
     # end isReservedKey
 
-    def set(self, key, val, coded_val,
-            LegalChars=_LegalChars,
-            idmap=_idmap, translate=string.translate):
+    def set(self, key, val, coded_val, LegalChars=_LegalChars, idmap=_idmap):
         # First we verify that the key isn't a reserved word
         # Second we make sure it only contains legal characters
         if key.lower() in self._reserved:
             raise CookieError("Attempt to set a reserved key: %s" % key)
-        if "" != translate(key, idmap, LegalChars):
+        if "" != key.translate(idmap, LegalChars):
             raise CookieError("Illegal key value: %s" % key)
 
         # It's a good key, so save it.

Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py

@@ -21,15 +21,14 @@ server.serve_forever()
 
 class MyFuncs:
     def __init__(self):
-        # make all of the string functions available through
-        # string.func_name
-        import string
-        self.string = string
+        # make all of the sys functions available through sys.func_name
+        import sys
+        self.sys = sys
     def _listMethods(self):
         # implement this method so that system.listMethods
-        # knows to advertise the strings methods
+        # knows to advertise the sys methods
         return list_public_methods(self) + \
-                ['string.' + method for method in list_public_methods(self.string)]
+                ['sys.' + method for method in list_public_methods(self.sys)]
     def pow(self, x, y): return pow(x, y)
     def add(self, x, y) : return x + y
 

Lib/bsddb/dbrecio.py

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ From:
 """
 
 import errno
-import string
 
 class DBRecIO:
     def __init__(self, db, key, txn=None):
@@ -83,9 +82,9 @@ class DBRecIO:
         if self.closed:
             raise ValueError, "I/O operation on closed file"
         if self.buflist:
-            self.buf = self.buf + string.joinfields(self.buflist, '')
+            self.buf = self.buf + ''.join(self.buflist)
             self.buflist = []
-        i = string.find(self.buf, '\n', self.pos)
+        i = self.buf.find('\n', self.pos)
         if i < 0:
             newpos = self.len
         else:
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ class DBRecIO:
         self.pos = newpos
 
     def writelines(self, list):
-        self.write(string.joinfields(list, ''))
+        self.write(''.join(list))
 
     def flush(self):
         if self.closed:

Lib/bsddb/test/test_associate.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 TestCases for DB.associate.
 """
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 import tempfile
 import time
 from pprint import pprint
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class AssociateTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         for key, value in musicdata.items():
             if type(self.keytype) == type(''):
                 key = "%02d" % key
-            d.put(key, string.join(value, '|'), txn=txn)
+            d.put(key, '|'.join(value), txn=txn)
 
     def createDB(self, txn=None):
         self.cur = None
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class AssociateTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         rec = self.cur.first()
         while rec is not None:
             if type(self.keytype) == type(''):
-                assert string.atoi(rec[0])  # for primary db, key is a number
+                assert int(rec[0])  # for primary db, key is a number
             else:
                 assert rec[0] and type(rec[0]) == type(0)
             count = count + 1
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class AssociateTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         assert type(priData) == type("")
         if verbose:
             print('getGenre key: %r data: %r' % (priKey, priData))
-        genre = string.split(priData, '|')[2]
+        genre = priData.split('|')[2]
         if genre == 'Blues':
             return db.DB_DONOTINDEX
         else:
@@ -427,13 +427,13 @@ class ThreadedAssociateTestCase(AssociateTestCase):
         for key, value in musicdata.items():
             if type(self.keytype) == type(''):
                 key = "%02d" % key
-            d.put(key, string.join(value, '|'))
+            d.put(key, '|'.join(value))
 
     def writer2(self, d):
         for x in range(100, 600):
             key = 'z%2d' % x
             value = [key] * 4
-            d.put(key, string.join(value, '|'))
+            d.put(key, '|'.join(value))
 
 
 class ThreadedAssociateHashTestCase(ShelveAssociateTestCase):

Lib/bsddb/test/test_compat.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Test cases adapted from the test_bsddb.py module in Python's
 regression test suite.
 """
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 import unittest
 import tempfile
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class CompatibilityTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.do_bthash_test(hashopen, 'hashopen')
 
     def test03_rnopen(self):
-        data = string.split("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.")
+        data = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.".split()
         if verbose:
             print("\nTesting: rnopen")
 

Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbobj.py

 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 import unittest
 import glob
 import tempfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class dbobjTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         class TestDBEnv(dbobj.DBEnv): pass
         class TestDB(dbobj.DB):
             def put(self, key, *args, **kwargs):
-                key = string.upper(key)
+                key = key.upper()
                 # call our parent classes put method with an upper case key
                 return dbobj.DB.put(self, key, *args, **kwargs)
         self.env = TestDBEnv()

Lib/bsddb/test/test_join.py

 """TestCases for using the DB.join and DBCursor.join_item methods.
 """
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 import tempfile
 import time
 from pprint import pprint

Lib/bsddb/test/test_lock.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 TestCases for testing the locking sub-system.
 """
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 import tempfile
 import time
 from pprint import pprint

Lib/bsddb/test/test_pickle.py

 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 import pickle
 try:
     import cPickle

Lib/distutils/cmd.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ in the distutils.command package.
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string, re
+import sys, os, re
 from types import *
 from distutils.errors import *
 from distutils import util, dir_util, file_util, archive_util, dep_util
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class Command:
         print(indent + header)
         indent = indent + "  "
         for (option, _, _) in self.user_options:
-            option = string.translate(option, longopt_xlate)
+            option = option.translate(longopt_xlate)
             if option[-1] == "=":
                 option = option[:-1]
             value = getattr(self, option)
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ class Command:
         """
         if exec_msg is None:
             exec_msg = "generating %s from %s" % \
-                       (outfile, string.join(infiles, ', '))
+                       (outfile, ', '.join(infiles))
         if skip_msg is None:
             skip_msg = "skipping %s (inputs unchanged)" % outfile
 

Lib/distutils/command/bdist.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ distribution)."""
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import os, string
+import os
 from types import *
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.errors import *

Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Implements the bdist_msi command.
 """
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.util import get_platform
 from distutils.dir_util import remove_tree

Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ distributions)."""
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 import glob
 from types import *
 from distutils.core import Command
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class bdist_rpm (Command):
             line = out.readline()
             if not line:
                 break
-            l = string.split(string.strip(line))
+            l = line.strip().split()
             assert(len(l) == 2)
             binary_rpms.append(l[1])
             # The source rpm is named after the first entry in the spec file
@@ -437,9 +437,9 @@ class bdist_rpm (Command):
                       'Conflicts',
                       'Obsoletes',
                       ):
-            val = getattr(self, string.lower(field))
+            val = getattr(self, field.lower())
             if type(val) is ListType:
-                spec_file.append('%s: %s' % (field, string.join(val)))
+                spec_file.append('%s: %s' % (field, ' '.join(val)))
             elif val is not None:
                 spec_file.append('%s: %s' % (field, val))
 
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ class bdist_rpm (Command):
 
         if self.build_requires:
             spec_file.append('BuildRequires: ' +
-                             string.join(self.build_requires))
+                             ' '.join(self.build_requires))
 
         if self.icon:
             spec_file.append('Icon: ' + os.path.basename(self.icon))
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ class bdist_rpm (Command):
                     '',
                     '%' + rpm_opt,])
                 if val:
-                    spec_file.extend(string.split(open(val, 'r').read(), '\n'))
+                    spec_file.extend(open(val, 'r').read().split('\n'))
                 else:
                     spec_file.append(default)
 
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ class bdist_rpm (Command):
             ])
 
         if self.doc_files:
-            spec_file.append('%doc ' + string.join(self.doc_files))
+            spec_file.append('%doc ' + ' '.join(self.doc_files))
 
         if self.changelog:
             spec_file.extend([
@@ -544,8 +544,8 @@ class bdist_rpm (Command):
         if not changelog:
             return changelog
         new_changelog = []
-        for line in string.split(string.strip(changelog), '\n'):
-            line = string.strip(line)
+        for line in changelog.strip().split('\n'):
+            line = line.strip()
             if line[0] == '*':
                 new_changelog.extend(['', line])
             elif line[0] == '-':

Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exe-program."""
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.util import get_platform
 from distutils.dir_util import create_tree, remove_tree
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class bdist_wininst (Command):
         # Use a custom scheme for the zip-file, because we have to decide
         # at installation time which scheme to use.
         for key in ('purelib', 'platlib', 'headers', 'scripts', 'data'):
-            value = string.upper(key)
+            value = key.upper()
             if key == 'headers':
                 value = value + '/Include/$dist_name'
             setattr(install,
@@ -192,14 +192,14 @@ class bdist_wininst (Command):
 
         # Escape newline characters
         def escape(s):
-            return string.replace(s, "\n", "\\n")
+            return s.replace("\n", "\\n")
 
         for name in ["author", "author_email", "description", "maintainer",
                      "maintainer_email", "name", "url", "version"]:
             data = getattr(metadata, name, "")
             if data:
                 info = info + ("\n    %s: %s" % \
-                               (string.capitalize(name), escape(data)))
+                               (name.capitalize(), escape(data)))
                 lines.append("%s=%s" % (name, escape(data)))
 
         # The [setup] section contains entries controlling
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class bdist_wininst (Command):
         build_info = "Built %s with distutils-%s" % \
                      (time.ctime(time.time()), distutils.__version__)
         lines.append("build_info=%s" % build_info)
-        return string.join(lines, "\n")
+        return "\n".join(lines)
 
     # get_inidata()
 

Lib/distutils/command/build_clib.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ __revision__ = "$Id$"
 # two modules, mainly because a number of subtle details changed in the
 # cut 'n paste.  Sigh.
 
-import os, string
+import os
 from types import *
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.errors import *
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ class build_clib (Command):
         if self.include_dirs is None:
             self.include_dirs = self.distribution.include_dirs or []
         if type(self.include_dirs) is StringType:
-            self.include_dirs = string.split(self.include_dirs,
-                                             os.pathsep)
+            self.include_dirs = self.include_dirs.split(os.pathsep)
 
         # XXX same as for build_ext -- what about 'self.define' and
         # 'self.undef' ?

Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ extensions ASAP)."""
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string, re
+import sys, os, re
 from types import *
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.errors import *
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class build_ext (Command):
         if self.include_dirs is None:
             self.include_dirs = self.distribution.include_dirs or []
         if type(self.include_dirs) is StringType:
-            self.include_dirs = string.split(self.include_dirs, os.pathsep)
+            self.include_dirs = self.include_dirs.split(os.pathsep)
 
         # Put the Python "system" include dir at the end, so that
         # any local include dirs take precedence.
@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ class build_ext (Command):
         if self.library_dirs is None:
             self.library_dirs = []
         elif type(self.library_dirs) is StringType:
-            self.library_dirs = string.split(self.library_dirs, os.pathsep)
+            self.library_dirs = self.library_dirs.split(os.pathsep)
 
         if self.rpath is None:
             self.rpath = []
         elif type(self.rpath) is StringType:
-            self.rpath = string.split(self.rpath, os.pathsep)
+            self.rpath = self.rpath.split(os.pathsep)
 
         # for extensions under windows use different directories
         # for Release and Debug builds.
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class build_ext (Command):
         # for extensions under Cygwin and AtheOS Python's library directory must be
         # appended to library_dirs
         if sys.platform[:6] == 'cygwin' or sys.platform[:6] == 'atheos':
-            if string.find(sys.executable, sys.exec_prefix) != -1:
+            if sys.executable.find(sys.exec_prefix) != -1:
                 # building third party extensions
                 self.library_dirs.append(os.path.join(sys.prefix, "lib",
                                                       "python" + get_python_version(),
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class build_ext (Command):
         # Python's library directory must be appended to library_dirs
         if (sys.platform.startswith('linux') or sys.platform.startswith('gnu')) \
                 and sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED'):
-            if string.find(sys.executable, sys.exec_prefix) != -1:
+            if sys.executable.find(sys.exec_prefix) != -1:
                 # building third party extensions
                 self.library_dirs.append(sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR'))
             else:
@@ -212,14 +212,14 @@ class build_ext (Command):
         # symbols can be separated with commas.
 
         if self.define:
-            defines = string.split(self.define, ',')
+            defines = self.define.split(',')
             self.define = map(lambda symbol: (symbol, '1'), defines)
 
         # The option for macros to undefine is also a string from the
         # option parsing, but has to be a list.  Multiple symbols can also
         # be separated with commas here.
         if self.undef:
-            self.undef = string.split(self.undef, ',')
+            self.undef = self.undef.split(',')
 
         if self.swig_opts is None:
             self.swig_opts = []
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ class build_ext (Command):
             # ignore build-lib -- put the compiled extension into
             # the source tree along with pure Python modules
 
-            modpath = string.split(fullname, '.')
-            package = string.join(modpath[0:-1], '.')
+            modpath = fullname.split('.')
+            package = '.'.join(modpath[0:-1])
             base = modpath[-1]
 
             build_py = self.get_finalized_command('build_py')
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ class build_ext (Command):
         """
 
         from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var
-        ext_path = string.split(ext_name, '.')
+        ext_path = ext_name.split('.')
         # OS/2 has an 8 character module (extension) limit :-(
         if os.name == "os2":
             ext_path[len(ext_path) - 1] = ext_path[len(ext_path) - 1][:8]
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ class build_ext (Command):
         the .pyd file (DLL) must export the module "init" function.
         """
 
-        initfunc_name = "init" + string.split(ext.name,'.')[-1]
+        initfunc_name = "init" + ext.name.split('.')[-1]
         if initfunc_name not in ext.export_symbols:
             ext.export_symbols.append(initfunc_name)
         return ext.export_symbols

Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Implements the Distutils 'build_py' command."""
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, string, os
+import sys, os
 from types import *
 from glob import glob
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class build_py (Command):
            distribution, where package 'package' should be found
            (at least according to the 'package_dir' option, if any)."""
 
-        path = string.split(package, '.')
+        path = package.split('.')
 
         if not self.package_dir:
             if path:
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class build_py (Command):
             tail = []
             while path:
                 try:
-                    pdir = self.package_dir[string.join(path, '.')]
+                    pdir = self.package_dir['.'.join(path)]
                 except KeyError:
                     tail.insert(0, path[-1])
                     del path[-1]
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ class build_py (Command):
         #   - don't check for __init__.py in directory for empty package
 
         for module in self.py_modules:
-            path = string.split(module, '.')
-            package = string.join(path[0:-1], '.')
+            path = module.split('.')
+            package = '.'.join(path[0:-1])
             module_base = path[-1]
 
             try:
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ class build_py (Command):
         modules = self.find_all_modules()
         outputs = []
         for (package, module, module_file) in modules:
-            package = string.split(package, '.')
+            package = package.split('.')
             filename = self.get_module_outfile(self.build_lib, package, module)
             outputs.append(filename)
             if include_bytecode:
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ class build_py (Command):
 
     def build_module (self, module, module_file, package):
         if type(package) is StringType:
-            package = string.split(package, '.')
+            package = package.split('.')
         elif type(package) not in (ListType, TupleType):
             raise TypeError, \
                   "'package' must be a string (dot-separated), list, or tuple"

Lib/distutils/command/config.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ this header file lives".
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string, re
+import sys, os, re
 from types import *
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class config (Command):
         if self.include_dirs is None:
             self.include_dirs = self.distribution.include_dirs or []
         elif type(self.include_dirs) is StringType:
-            self.include_dirs = string.split(self.include_dirs, os.pathsep)
+            self.include_dirs = self.include_dirs.split(os.pathsep)
 
         if self.libraries is None:
             self.libraries = []
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class config (Command):
         if self.library_dirs is None:
             self.library_dirs = []
         elif type(self.library_dirs) is StringType:
-            self.library_dirs = string.split(self.library_dirs, os.pathsep)
+            self.library_dirs = self.library_dirs.split(os.pathsep)
 
 
     def run (self):
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class config (Command):
         if not filenames:
             filenames = self.temp_files
             self.temp_files = []
-        log.info("removing: %s", string.join(filenames))
+        log.info("removing: %s", ' '.join(filenames))
         for filename in filenames:
             try:
                 os.remove(filename)
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class config (Command):
         else:
             body.append("  %s;" % func)
         body.append("}")
-        body = string.join(body, "\n") + "\n"
+        body = "\n".join(body) + "\n"
 
         return self.try_link(body, headers, include_dirs,
                              libraries, library_dirs)

Lib/distutils/command/install.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from distutils import log
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 from types import *
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.debug import DEBUG
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class install (Command):
         # $platbase in the other installation directories and not worry
         # about needing recursive variable expansion (shudder).
 
-        py_version = (string.split(sys.version))[0]
+        py_version = sys.version.split()[0]
         (prefix, exec_prefix) = get_config_vars('prefix', 'exec_prefix')
         self.config_vars = {'dist_name': self.distribution.get_name(),
                             'dist_version': self.distribution.get_version(),
@@ -353,11 +353,11 @@ class install (Command):
                 if opt_name[-1] == "=":
                     opt_name = opt_name[0:-1]
                 if self.negative_opt.has_key(opt_name):
-                    opt_name = string.translate(self.negative_opt[opt_name],
-                                                longopt_xlate)
+                    opt_name = self.negative_opt[opt_name].translate(
+                                                               longopt_xlate)
                     val = not getattr(self, opt_name)
                 else:
-                    opt_name = string.translate(opt_name, longopt_xlate)
+                    opt_name = opt_name.translate(longopt_xlate)
                     val = getattr(self, opt_name)
                 print("  %s: %s" % (opt_name, val))
 
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ class install (Command):
 
         if self.extra_path is not None:
             if type(self.extra_path) is StringType:
-                self.extra_path = string.split(self.extra_path, ',')
+                self.extra_path = self.extra_path.split(',')
 
             if len(self.extra_path) == 1:
                 path_file = extra_dirs = self.extra_path[0]

Lib/distutils/command/install_lib.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 from types import IntType
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsOptionError

Lib/distutils/command/register.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Implements the Distutils 'register' command (register with the repository).
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string, urllib2, getpass, urlparse
+import sys, os, urllib2, getpass, urlparse
 import StringIO, ConfigParser
 
 from distutils.core import Command
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class register(Command):
 
         if missing:
             self.warn("missing required meta-data: " +
-                      string.join(missing, ", "))
+                      ", ".join(missing))
 
         if metadata.author:
             if not metadata.author_email:

Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Implements the Distutils 'sdist' command (create a source distribution)."""
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 from types import *
 from glob import glob
 from distutils.core import Command
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class sdist (Command):
 
         if missing:
             self.warn("missing required meta-data: " +
-                      string.join(missing, ", "))
+                      ", ".join(missing))
 
         if metadata.author:
             if not metadata.author_email:
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class sdist (Command):
 
                 if not got_it:
                     self.warn("standard file not found: should have one of " +
-                              string.join(alts, ', '))
+                              ', '.join(alts))
             else:
                 if os.path.exists(fn):
                     self.filelist.append(fn)

Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py

@@ -365,10 +365,9 @@ def check_config_h():
     # "pyconfig.h" check -- should probably be renamed...
 
     from distutils import sysconfig
-    import string
     # if sys.version contains GCC then python was compiled with
     # GCC, and the pyconfig.h file should be OK
-    if string.find(sys.version,"GCC") >= 0:
+    if sys.version.find("GCC") >= 0:
         return (CONFIG_H_OK, "sys.version mentions 'GCC'")
 
     fn = sysconfig.get_config_h_filename()
@@ -387,7 +386,7 @@ def check_config_h():
 
     else:
         # "pyconfig.h" contains an "#ifdef __GNUC__" or something similar
-        if string.find(s,"__GNUC__") >= 0:
+        if s.find("__GNUC__") >= 0:
             return (CONFIG_H_OK, "'%s' mentions '__GNUC__'" % fn)
         else:
             return (CONFIG_H_NOTOK, "'%s' does not mention '__GNUC__'" % fn)

Lib/distutils/dist.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ being built/installed/distributed.
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string, re
+import sys, os, re
 from types import *
 from copy import copy
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
             else:
                 print(indent + "option dict for '%s' command:" % cmd_name)
                 out = pformat(opt_dict)
-                for line in string.split(out, "\n"):
+                for line in out.split("\n"):
                     print(indent + "  " + line)
 
     # dump_option_dicts ()
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
                 for opt in options:
                     if opt != '__name__':
                         val = parser.get(section,opt)
-                        opt = string.replace(opt, '-', '_')
+                        opt = opt.replace('-', '_')
                         opt_dict[opt] = (filename, val)
 
             # Make the ConfigParser forget everything (so we retain
@@ -599,14 +599,14 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
         keywords = self.metadata.keywords
         if keywords is not None:
             if type(keywords) is StringType:
-                keywordlist = string.split(keywords, ',')
-                self.metadata.keywords = map(string.strip, keywordlist)
+                keywordlist = keywords.split(',')
+                self.metadata.keywords = [x.strip() for x in keywordlist]
 
         platforms = self.metadata.platforms
         if platforms is not None:
             if type(platforms) is StringType:
-                platformlist = string.split(platforms, ',')
-                self.metadata.platforms = map(string.strip, platformlist)
+                platformlist = platforms.split(',')
+                self.metadata.platforms = [x.strip() for x in platformlist]
 
     def _show_help (self,
                     parser,
@@ -695,10 +695,10 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
                 opt = translate_longopt(opt)
                 value = getattr(self.metadata, "get_"+opt)()
                 if opt in ['keywords', 'platforms']:
-                    print(string.join(value, ','))
+                    print(','.join(value))
                 elif opt in ('classifiers', 'provides', 'requires',
                              'obsoletes'):
-                    print(string.join(value, '\n'))
+                    print('\n'.join(value))
                 else:
                     print(value)
                 any_display_options = 1
@@ -803,9 +803,9 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
         """Return a list of packages from which commands are loaded."""
         pkgs = self.command_packages
         if not isinstance(pkgs, type([])):
-            pkgs = string.split(pkgs or "", ",")
+            pkgs = (pkgs or "").split(",")
             for i in range(len(pkgs)):
-                pkgs[i] = string.strip(pkgs[i])
+                pkgs[i] = pkgs[i].strip()
             pkgs = filter(None, pkgs)
             if "distutils.command" not in pkgs:
                 pkgs.insert(0, "distutils.command")
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ class DistributionMetadata:
         long_desc = rfc822_escape( self.get_long_description() )
         file.write('Description: %s\n' % long_desc)
 
-        keywords = string.join( self.get_keywords(), ',')
+        keywords = ','.join(self.get_keywords())
         if keywords:
             file.write('Keywords: %s\n' % keywords )
 

Lib/distutils/emxccompiler.py

@@ -261,10 +261,9 @@ def check_config_h():
     # "pyconfig.h" check -- should probably be renamed...
 
     from distutils import sysconfig
-    import string
     # if sys.version contains GCC then python was compiled with
     # GCC, and the pyconfig.h file should be OK
-    if string.find(sys.version,"GCC") >= 0:
+    if sys.version.find("GCC") >= 0:
         return (CONFIG_H_OK, "sys.version mentions 'GCC'")
 
     fn = sysconfig.get_config_h_filename()
@@ -283,7 +282,7 @@ def check_config_h():
 
     else:
         # "pyconfig.h" contains an "#ifdef __GNUC__" or something similar
-        if string.find(s,"__GNUC__") >= 0:
+        if s.find("__GNUC__") >= 0:
             return (CONFIG_H_OK, "'%s' mentions '__GNUC__'" % fn)
         else:
             return (CONFIG_H_NOTOK, "'%s' does not mention '__GNUC__'" % fn)

Lib/distutils/extension.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ modules in setup scripts."""
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import os, string, sys
+import os, sys
 from types import *
 
 try:
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Extension:
         if len(kw):
             L = kw.keys() ; L.sort()
             L = map(repr, L)
-            msg = "Unknown Extension options: " + string.join(L, ', ')
+            msg = "Unknown Extension options: " + ', '.join(L)
             if warnings is not None:
                 warnings.warn(msg)
             else:
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def read_setup_file (filename):
             elif switch == "-I":
                 ext.include_dirs.append(value)
             elif switch == "-D":
-                equals = string.find(value, "=")
+                equals = value.find("=")
                 if equals == -1:        # bare "-DFOO" -- no value
                     ext.define_macros.append((value, None))
                 else:                   # "-DFOO=blah"

Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class FancyGetopt:
         """Translate long option name 'long_option' to the form it
         has as an attribute of some object: ie., translate hyphens
         to underscores."""
-        return string.translate(long_option, longopt_xlate)
+        return long_option.translate(longopt_xlate)
 
 
     def _check_alias_dict (self, aliases, what):
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class FancyGetopt:
 
         self._grok_option_table()
 
-        short_opts = string.join(self.short_opts)
+        short_opts = ' '.join(self.short_opts)
         try:
             opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, short_opts, self.long_opts)
         except getopt.error as msg:
@@ -420,8 +420,8 @@ def wrap_text (text, width):
     if len(text) <= width:
         return [text]
 
-    text = string.expandtabs(text)
-    text = string.translate(text, WS_TRANS)
+    text = text.expandtabs()
+    text = text.translate(WS_TRANS)
     chunks = re.split(r'( +|-+)', text)
     chunks = filter(None, chunks)      # ' - ' results in empty strings
     lines = []
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ def wrap_text (text, width):
 
         # and store this line in the list-of-all-lines -- as a single
         # string, of course!
-        lines.append(string.join(cur_line, ''))
+        lines.append(''.join(cur_line))
 
     # while chunks
 
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def translate_longopt (opt):
     """Convert a long option name to a valid Python identifier by
     changing "-" to "_".
     """
-    return string.translate(opt, longopt_xlate)
+    return opt.translate(longopt_xlate)
 
 
 class OptionDummy:
@@ -498,5 +498,5 @@ say, "How should I know?"].)"""
 
     for w in (10, 20, 30, 40):
         print("width: %d" % w)
-        print(string.join(wrap_text(text, w), "\n"))
+        print("\n".join(wrap_text(text, w)))
         print()

Lib/distutils/filelist.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ and building lists of files.
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import os, string, re
+import os, re
 import fnmatch
 from types import *
 from glob import glob
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class FileList:
     # -- "File template" methods ---------------------------------------
 
     def _parse_template_line (self, line):
-        words = string.split(line)
+        words = line.split()
         action = words[0]
 
         patterns = dir = dir_pattern = None
@@ -133,28 +133,28 @@ class FileList:
         # right number of words on the line for that action -- so we
         # can proceed with minimal error-checking.
         if action == 'include':
-            self.debug_print("include " + string.join(patterns))
+            self.debug_print("include " + ' '.join(patterns))
             for pattern in patterns:
                 if not self.include_pattern(pattern, anchor=1):
                     log.warn("warning: no files found matching '%s'",
                              pattern)
 
         elif action == 'exclude':
-            self.debug_print("exclude " + string.join(patterns))
+            self.debug_print("exclude " + ' '.join(patterns))
             for pattern in patterns:
                 if not self.exclude_pattern(pattern, anchor=1):
                     log.warn(("warning: no previously-included files "
                               "found matching '%s'"), pattern)
 
         elif action == 'global-include':
-            self.debug_print("global-include " + string.join(patterns))
+            self.debug_print("global-include " + ' '.join(patterns))
             for pattern in patterns:
                 if not self.include_pattern(pattern, anchor=0):
                     log.warn(("warning: no files found matching '%s' " +
                               "anywhere in distribution"), pattern)
 
         elif action == 'global-exclude':
-            self.debug_print("global-exclude " + string.join(patterns))
+            self.debug_print("global-exclude " + ' '.join(patterns))
             for pattern in patterns:
                 if not self.exclude_pattern(pattern, anchor=0):
                     log.warn(("warning: no previously-included files matching "
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class FileList:
 
         elif action == 'recursive-include':
             self.debug_print("recursive-include %s %s" %
-                             (dir, string.join(patterns)))
+                             (dir, ' '.join(patterns)))
             for pattern in patterns:
                 if not self.include_pattern(pattern, prefix=dir):
                     log.warn(("warning: no files found matching '%s' " +
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class FileList:
 
         elif action == 'recursive-exclude':
             self.debug_print("recursive-exclude %s %s" %
-                             (dir, string.join(patterns)))
+                             (dir, ' '.join(patterns)))
             for pattern in patterns:
                 if not self.exclude_pattern(pattern, prefix=dir):
                     log.warn(("warning: no previously-included files matching "

Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ for the Microsoft Visual Studio.
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 from distutils.errors import \
      DistutilsExecError, DistutilsPlatformError, \
      CompileError, LibError, LinkError
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ you can try compiling with MingW32, by passing "-c mingw32" to setup.py.""")
 
     def sub(self, s):
         for k, v in self.macros.items():
-            s = string.replace(s, k, v)
+            s = s.replace(k, v)
         return s
 
 def get_build_version():
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def get_build_version():
     """
 
     prefix = "MSC v."
-    i = string.find(sys.version, prefix)
+    i = sys.version.find(prefix)
     if i == -1:
         return 6
     i = i + len(prefix)
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ def get_build_architecture():
     """
 
     prefix = " bit ("
-    i = string.find(sys.version, prefix)
+    i = sys.version.find(prefix)
     if i == -1:
         return "Intel"
-    j = string.find(sys.version, ")", i)
+    j = sys.version.find(")", i)
     return sys.version[i+len(prefix):j]
 
 
@@ -266,11 +266,11 @@ class MSVCCompiler (CCompiler) :
 
         # extend the MSVC path with the current path
         try:
-            for p in string.split(os.environ['path'], ';'):
+            for p in os.environ['path'].split(';'):
                 self.__paths.append(p)
         except KeyError:
             pass
-        os.environ['path'] = string.join(self.__paths, ';')
+        os.environ['path'] = ';'.join(self.__paths)
 
         self.preprocess_options = None
         if self.__arch == "Intel":
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ class MSVCCompiler (CCompiler) :
                 return fn
 
         # didn't find it; try existing path
-        for p in string.split(os.environ['Path'],';'):
+        for p in os.environ['Path'].split(';'):
             fn = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(p),exe)
             if os.path.isfile(fn):
                 return fn
@@ -608,9 +608,9 @@ class MSVCCompiler (CCompiler) :
             d = read_values(base, key)
             if d:
                 if self.__version >= 7:
-                    return string.split(self.__macros.sub(d[path]), ";")
+                    return self.__macros.sub(d[path]).split(";")
                 else:
-                    return string.split(d[path], ";")
+                    return d[path].split(";")
         # MSVC 6 seems to create the registry entries we need only when
         # the GUI is run.
         if self.__version == 6:
@@ -635,4 +635,4 @@ class MSVCCompiler (CCompiler) :
         else:
             p = self.get_msvc_paths(name)
         if p:
-            os.environ[name] = string.join(p, ';')
+            os.environ[name] = ';'.join(p)

Lib/distutils/mwerkscompiler.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Windows."""
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 from types import *
 from distutils.errors import \
      DistutilsExecError, DistutilsPlatformError, \
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@ class MWerksCompiler (CCompiler) :
             curdir = os.getcwd()
             filename = os.path.join(curdir, filename)
         # Finally remove .. components
-        components = string.split(filename, ':')
+        components = filename.split(':')
         for i in range(1, len(components)):
             if components[i] == '..':
                 components[i] = ''
-        return string.join(components, ':')
+        return ':'.join(components)
 
     def library_dir_option (self, dir):
         """Return the compiler option to add 'dir' to the list of

Lib/distutils/spawn.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ executable name.
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 from distutils.errors import *
 from distutils import log
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def _nt_quote_args (args):
     # quoting?)
 
     for i in range(len(args)):
-        if string.find(args[i], ' ') != -1:
+        if args[i].find(' ') != -1:
             args[i] = '"%s"' % args[i]
     return args
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def _spawn_nt (cmd,
     if search_path:
         # either we find one or it stays the same
         executable = find_executable(executable) or executable
-    log.info(string.join([executable] + cmd[1:], ' '))
+    log.info(' '.join([executable] + cmd[1:]))
     if not dry_run:
         # spawn for NT requires a full path to the .exe
         try:
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def _spawn_os2 (cmd,
     if search_path:
         # either we find one or it stays the same
         executable = find_executable(executable) or executable
-    log.info(string.join([executable] + cmd[1:], ' '))
+    log.info(' '.join([executable] + cmd[1:]))
     if not dry_run:
         # spawnv for OS/2 EMX requires a full path to the .exe
         try:
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def _spawn_posix (cmd,
                   verbose=0,
                   dry_run=0):
 
-    log.info(string.join(cmd, ' '))
+    log.info(' '.join(cmd))
     if dry_run:
         return
     exec_fn = search_path and os.execvp or os.execv
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def find_executable(executable, path=None):
     """
     if path is None:
         path = os.environ['PATH']
-    paths = string.split(path, os.pathsep)
+    paths = path.split(os.pathsep)
     (base, ext) = os.path.splitext(executable)
     if (sys.platform == 'win32' or os.name == 'os2') and (ext != '.exe'):
         executable = executable + '.exe'

Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os
 import re
-import string
 import sys
 
 from .errors import DistutilsPlatformError
@@ -261,7 +260,7 @@ def parse_makefile(fn, g=None):
         m = _variable_rx.match(line)
         if m:
             n, v = m.group(1, 2)
-            v = string.strip(v)
+            v = v.strip()
             if "$" in v:
                 notdone[n] = v
             else:
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ def parse_makefile(fn, g=None):
                     else:
                         try: value = int(value)
                         except ValueError:
-                            done[name] = string.strip(value)
+                            done[name] = value.strip()
                         else:
                             done[name] = value
                         del notdone[name]
@@ -399,7 +398,7 @@ def _init_posix():
             # relative to the srcdir, which after installation no longer makes
             # sense.
             python_lib = get_python_lib(standard_lib=1)
-            linkerscript_path = string.split(g['LDSHARED'])[0]
+            linkerscript_path = g['LDSHARED'].split()[0]
             linkerscript_name = os.path.basename(linkerscript_path)
             linkerscript = os.path.join(python_lib, 'config',
                                         linkerscript_name)

Lib/distutils/text_file.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ lines, and joining lines with backslashes."""
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 from types import *
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 
 
 class TextFile:
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class TextFile:
         else:
             outmsg.append("line %d: " % line)
         outmsg.append(str(msg))
-        return string.join(outmsg, "")
+        return "".join(outmsg)
 
 
     def error (self, msg, line=None):
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class TextFile:
                 # unescape it (and any other escaped "#"'s that might be
                 # lurking in there) and otherwise leave the line alone.
 
-                pos = string.find (line, "#")
+                pos = line.find ("#")
                 if pos == -1:           # no "#" -- no comments
                     pass
 
@@ -219,11 +219,11 @@ class TextFile:
                     #   # comment that should be ignored
                     #   there
                     # result in "hello there".
-                    if string.strip(line) == "":
+                    if line.strip () == "":
                         continue
 
                 else:                   # it's an escaped "#"
-                    line = string.replace (line, "\\#", "#")
+                    line = line.replace("\\#", "#")
 
 
             # did previous line end with a backslash? then accumulate
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class TextFile:
                     return buildup_line
 
                 if self.collapse_join:
-                    line = string.lstrip (line)
+                    line = line.lstrip ()
                 line = buildup_line + line
 
                 # careful: pay attention to line number when incrementing it
@@ -259,11 +259,11 @@ class TextFile:
             # strip whitespace however the client wants (leading and
             # trailing, or one or the other, or neither)
             if self.lstrip_ws and self.rstrip_ws:
-                line = string.strip (line)
+                line = line.strip ()
             elif self.lstrip_ws:
-                line = string.lstrip (line)
+                line = line.lstrip ()
             elif self.rstrip_ws:
-                line = string.rstrip (line)
+                line = line.rstrip ()
 
             # blank line (whether we rstrip'ed or not)? skip to next line
             # if appropriate
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ line 3 \\
   continues on next line
 """
     # result 1: no fancy options
-    result1 = map (lambda x: x + "\n", string.split (test_data, "\n")[0:-1])
+    result1 = map (lambda x: x + "\n", test_data.split ("\n")[0:-1])
 
     # result 2: just strip comments
     result2 = ["\n",
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ line 3 \\
 
     def test_input (count, description, file, expected_result):
         result = file.readlines ()
-        # result = string.join (result, '')
+        # result = ''.join (result)
         if result == expected_result:
             print("ok %d (%s)" % (count, description))
         else:

Lib/distutils/util.py

@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ def get_platform ():
 
     # Convert the OS name to lowercase, remove '/' characters
     # (to accommodate BSD/OS), and translate spaces (for "Power Macintosh")
-    osname = string.lower(osname)
-    osname = string.replace(osname, '/', '')
-    machine = string.replace(machine, ' ', '_')
-    machine = string.replace(machine, '/', '-')
+    osname = osname.lower().replace('/', '')
+    machine = machine.replace(' ', '_')
+    machine = machine.replace('/', '-')
 
     if osname[:5] == "linux":
         # At least on Linux/Intel, 'machine' is the processor --
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ def convert_path (pathname):
     if pathname[-1] == '/':
         raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot end with '/'" % pathname
 
-    paths = string.split(pathname, '/')
+    paths = pathname.split('/')
     while '.' in paths:
         paths.remove('.')
     if not paths:
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ def change_root (new_root, pathname):
             return os.path.join(new_root, pathname)
         else:
             # Chop off volume name from start of path
-            elements = string.split(pathname, ":", 1)
+            elements = pathname.split(":", 1)
             pathname = ":" + elements[1]
             return os.path.join(new_root, pathname)
 
@@ -281,7 +280,7 @@ def split_quoted (s):
     # bit of a brain-bender to get it working right, though...
     if _wordchars_re is None: _init_regex()
 
-    s = string.strip(s)
+    s = s.strip()
     words = []
     pos = 0
 
@@ -294,7 +293,7 @@ def split_quoted (s):
 
         if s[end] in string.whitespace: # unescaped, unquoted whitespace: now
             words.append(s[:end])       # we definitely have a word delimiter
-            s = string.lstrip(s[end:])
+            s = s[end:].lstrip()
             pos = 0
 
         elif s[end] == '\\':            # preserve whatever is being escaped;
@@ -354,7 +353,7 @@ def strtobool (val):
     are 'n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off', and '0'.  Raises ValueError if
     'val' is anything else.
     """
-    val = string.lower(val)
+    val = val.lower()
     if val in ('y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on', '1'):
         return 1
     elif val in ('n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off', '0'):
@@ -445,7 +444,7 @@ files = [
             #if prefix:
             #    prefix = os.path.abspath(prefix)
 
-            script.write(string.join(map(repr, py_files), ",\n") + "]\n")
+            script.write(",\n".join(map(repr, py_files)) + "]\n")
             script.write("""
 byte_compile(files, optimize=%r, force=%r,
              prefix=%r, base_dir=%r,
@@ -507,7 +506,6 @@ def rfc822_escape (header):
     """Return a version of the string escaped for inclusion in an
     RFC-822 header, by ensuring there are 8 spaces space after each newline.
     """
-    lines = string.split(header, '\n')
-    lines = map(string.strip, lines)
-    header = string.join(lines, '\n' + 8*' ')
-    return header
+    lines = [x.strip() for x in header.split('\n')]
+    sep = '\n' + 8*' '
+    return sep.join(lines)

Lib/distutils/version.py

@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ Every version number class implements the following interface:
     of the same class, thus must follow the same rules)
 """
 
-import string, re
-from types import StringType
+import re
 
 class Version:
     """Abstract base class for version numbering classes.  Just provides
@@ -147,12 +146,12 @@ class StrictVersion (Version):
             match.group(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
 
         if patch:
-            self.version = tuple(map(string.atoi, [major, minor, patch]))
+            self.version = tuple(map(int, [major, minor, patch]))
         else:
-            self.version = tuple(map(string.atoi, [major, minor]) + [0])
+            self.version = tuple(map(int, [major, minor]) + [0])
 
         if prerelease:
-            self.prerelease = (prerelease[0], string.atoi(prerelease_num))
+            self.prerelease = (prerelease[0], int(prerelease_num))
         else:
             self.prerelease = None
 
@@ -160,9 +159,9 @@ class StrictVersion (Version):
     def __str__ (self):
 
         if self.version[2] == 0:
-            vstring = string.join(map(str, self.version[0:2]), '.')
+            vstring = '.'.join(map(str, self.version[0:2]))
         else:
-            vstring = string.join(map(str, self.version), '.')
+            vstring = '.'.join(map(str, self.version))
 
         if self.prerelease:
             vstring = vstring + self.prerelease[0] + str(self.prerelease[1])
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ class StrictVersion (Version):
 
 
     def __cmp__ (self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, StringType):
+        if isinstance(other, str):
             other = StrictVersion(other)
 
         compare = cmp(self.version, other.version)
@@ -327,7 +326,7 @@ class LooseVersion (Version):
 
 
     def __cmp__ (self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, StringType):
+        if isinstance(other, str):
             other = LooseVersion(other)
 
         return cmp(self.version, other.version)

Lib/idlelib/Debugger.py

@@ -348,8 +348,7 @@ class StackViewer(ScrolledList):
             funcname = code.co_name
             import linecache
             sourceline = linecache.getline(filename, lineno)
-            import string
-            sourceline = string.strip(sourceline)
+            sourceline = sourceline.strip()
             if funcname in ("?", "", None):
                 item = "%s, line %d: %s" % (modname, lineno, sourceline)
             else:

Lib/idlelib/MultiCall.py

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ Each function will be called at most once for each event.
 
 import sys
 import os
-import string
 import re
 import Tkinter
 
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ def _parse_sequence(sequence):
     """
     if not sequence or sequence[0] != '<' or sequence[-1] != '>':
         return None
-    words = string.split(sequence[1:-1], '-')
+    words = '-'.split(sequence[1:-1])
 
     modifiers = 0
     while words and words[0] in _modifier_names:

Lib/idlelib/aboutDialog.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 """
 
 from Tkinter import *
-import string, os
+import os
 import textView
 import idlever
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class AboutDialog(Toplevel):
         tkVer[len(tkVer)-1] = str('%.3g' % (float('.'+tkVer[len(tkVer)-1])))[2:]
         if tkVer[len(tkVer)-1] == '':
             tkVer[len(tkVer)-1] = '0'
-        tkVer = string.join(tkVer,'.')
+        tkVer = '.'.join(tkVer)
         labelTkVer = Label(frameBg, text='Tk version:  '+
                            tkVer, fg=self.fg, bg=self.bg)
         labelTkVer.grid(row=9, column=1, sticky=W, padx=2, pady=0)

Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Refer to comments in EditorWindow autoindent code for details.
 """
 from Tkinter import *
 import tkMessageBox, tkColorChooser, tkFont
-import string, copy
+import copy
 
 from configHandler import idleConf
 from dynOptionMenuWidget import DynOptionMenu
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ class ConfigDialog(Toplevel):
         newKeys={}
         for event in prevKeys.keys(): #add key set to changed items
             eventName=event[2:-2] #trim off the angle brackets
-            binding=string.join(prevKeys[event])
+            binding=' '.join(prevKeys[event])
             newKeys[eventName]=binding
         #handle any unsaved changes to prev key set
         if prevKeySetName in self.changedItems['keys'].keys():
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ class ConfigDialog(Toplevel):
         bindNames.sort()
         self.listBindings.delete(0,END)
         for bindName in bindNames:
-            key=string.join(keySet[bindName]) #make key(s) into a string
+            key=' '.join(keySet[bindName]) #make key(s) into a string
             bindName=bindName[2:-2] #trim off the angle brackets
             if keySetName in self.changedItems['keys'].keys():
                 #handle any unsaved changes to this key set
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ class ConfigDialog(Toplevel):
         self.changedItems['main']['HelpFiles'] = {}
         for num in range(1,len(self.userHelpList)+1):
             self.AddChangedItem('main','HelpFiles',str(num),
-                    string.join(self.userHelpList[num-1][:2],';'))
+                    ';'.join(self.userHelpList[num-1][:2]))
 
     def LoadFontCfg(self):
         ##base editor font selection list

Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ configuration problem notification and resolution.
 """
 import os
 import sys
-import string
 import macosxSupport
 from ConfigParser import ConfigParser, NoOptionError, NoSectionError
 
@@ -632,7 +631,7 @@ class IdleConf:
                 menuItem='' #make these empty
                 helpPath='' #so value won't be added to list
             else: #config entry contains ';' as expected
-                value=string.split(value,';')
+                value=value.split(';')
                 menuItem=value[0].strip()
                 helpPath=value[1].strip()
             if menuItem and helpPath: #neither are empty strings

Lib/idlelib/keybindingDialog.py

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class GetKeysDialog(Toplevel):
         if finalKey:
             finalKey = self.TranslateKey(finalKey, modifiers)
             keyList.append(finalKey)
-        self.keyString.set('<' + string.join(keyList,'-') + '>')
+        self.keyString.set('<' + '-'.join(keyList) + '>')
 
     def GetModifiers(self):
         modList = [variable.get() for variable in self.modifier_vars]

Lib/inspect.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Here are some of the useful functions provided by this module:
 __author__ = 'Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>'
 __date__ = '1 Jan 2001'
 
-import sys, os, types, string, re, dis, imp, tokenize, linecache
+import sys, os, types, re, dis, imp, tokenize, linecache
 from operator import attrgetter
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- type-checking
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ def getmro(cls):
 # -------------------------------------------------- source code extraction
 def indentsize(line):
     """Return the indent size, in spaces, at the start of a line of text."""
-    expline = string.expandtabs(line)
-    return len(expline) - len(string.lstrip(expline))
+    expline = line.expandtabs()
+    return len(expline) - len(expline.lstrip())
 
 def getdoc(object):
     """Get the documentation string for an object.
@@ -317,14 +317,14 @@ def getdoc(object):
     if not isinstance(doc, types.StringTypes):
         return None
     try:
-        lines = string.split(string.expandtabs(doc), '\n')
+        lines = doc.expandtabs().split('\n')
     except UnicodeError:
         return None
     else:
         # Find minimum indentation of any non-blank lines after first line.
         margin = sys.maxint
         for line in lines[1:]:
-            content = len(string.lstrip(line))
+            content = len(line.lstrip())
             if content:
                 indent = len(line) - content
                 margin = min(margin, indent)
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def getdoc(object):
             lines.pop()
         while lines and not lines[0]:
             lines.pop(0)
-        return string.join(lines, '\n')
+        return '\n'.join(lines)
 
 def getfile(object):
     """Work out which source or compiled file an object was defined in."""
@@ -382,10 +382,10 @@ def getmodulename(path):
 def getsourcefile(object):
     """Return the Python source file an object was defined in, if it exists."""
     filename = getfile(object)
-    if string.lower(filename[-4:]) in ('.pyc', '.pyo'):
+    if filename[-4:].lower() in ('.pyc', '.pyo'):
         filename = filename[:-4] + '.py'
     for suffix, mode, kind in imp.get_suffixes():
-        if 'b' in mode and string.lower(filename[-len(suffix):]) == suffix:
+        if 'b' in mode and filename[-len(suffix):].lower() == suffix:
             # Looks like a binary file.  We want to only return a text file.
             return None
     if os.path.exists(filename):
@@ -527,36 +527,36 @@ def getcomments(object):
         # Look for a comment block at the top of the file.
         start = 0
         if lines and lines[0][:2] == '#!': start = 1
-        while start < len(lines) and string.strip(lines[start]) in ('', '#'):
+        while start < len(lines) and lines[start].strip() in ('', '#'):
             start = start + 1
         if start < len(lines) and lines[start][:1] == '#':
             comments = []
             end = start
             while end < len(lines) and lines[end][:1] == '#':
-                comments.append(string.expandtabs(lines[end]))
+                comments.append(lines[end].expandtabs())
                 end = end + 1
-            return string.join(comments, '')
+            return ''.join(comments)
 
     # Look for a preceding block of comments at the same indentation.
     elif lnum > 0:
         indent = indentsize(lines[lnum])
         end = lnum - 1
-        if end >= 0 and string.lstrip(lines[end])[:1] == '#' and \
+        if end >= 0 and lines[end].lstrip()[:1] == '#' and \
             indentsize(lines[end]) == indent:
-            comments = [string.lstrip(string.expandtabs(lines[end]))]
+            comments = [lines[end].expandtabs().lstrip()]
             if end > 0:
                 end = end - 1
-                comment = string.lstrip(string.expandtabs(lines[end]))
+                comment = lines[end].expandtabs().lstrip()
                 while comment[:1] == '#' and indentsize(lines[end]) == indent:
                     comments[:0] = [comment]
                     end = end - 1
                     if end < 0: break
-                    comment = string.lstrip(string.expandtabs(lines[end]))
-            while comments and string.strip(comments[0]) == '#':
+                    comment = lines[end].expandtabs().lstrip()
+            while comments and comments[0].strip() == '#':
                 comments[:1] = []
-            while comments and string.strip(comments[-1]) == '#':
+            while comments and comments[-1].strip() == '#':
                 comments[-1:] = []
-            return string.join(comments, '')
+            return ''.join(comments)
 
 class EndOfBlock(Exception): pass
 
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ def getsource(object):
     or code object.  The source code is returned as a single string.  An
     IOError is raised if the source code cannot be retrieved."""
     lines, lnum = getsourcelines(object)
-    return string.join(lines, '')
+    return ''.join(lines)
 
 # --------------------------------------------------- class tree extraction
 def walktree(classes, children, parent):
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ def joinseq(seq):
     if len(seq) == 1:
         return '(' + seq[0] + ',)'
     else:
-        return '(' + string.join(seq, ', ') + ')'
+        return '(' + ', '.join(seq) + ')'
 
 def strseq(object, convert, join=joinseq):
     """Recursively walk a sequence, stringifying each element."""
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ def formatargspec(args, varargs=None, varkw=None, defaults=None,
             specs.append(spec)
     if varkw is not None:
         specs.append(formatvarkw(formatargandannotation(varkw)))
-    result = '(' + string.join(specs, ', ') + ')'
+    result = '(' + ', '.join(specs) + ')'
     if 'return' in annotations:
         result += formatreturns(formatannotation(annotations['return']))
     return result
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ def formatargvalues(args, varargs, varkw, locals,
         specs.append(formatvarargs(varargs) + formatvalue(locals[varargs]))
     if varkw:
         specs.append(formatvarkw(varkw) + formatvalue(locals[varkw]))
-    return '(' + string.join(specs, ', ') + ')'
+    return '(' + ', '.join(specs) + ')'
 
 # -------------------------------------------------- stack frame extraction
 def getframeinfo(frame, context=1):

Lib/logging/__init__.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
 To use, simply 'import logging' and log away!
 """
 
-import sys, os, types, time, string, cStringIO, traceback
+import sys, os, types, time, cStringIO, traceback
 
 try:
     import codecs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ __date__    = "16 February 2007"
 #
 if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'): #support for py2exe
     _srcfile = "logging%s__init__%s" % (os.sep, __file__[-4:])
-elif string.lower(__file__[-4:]) in ['.pyc', '.pyo']:
+elif __file__[-4:].lower() in ['.pyc', '.pyo']:
     _srcfile = __file__[:-4] + '.py'
 else:
     _srcfile = __file__
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class Formatter:
         formatException() and appended to the message.
         """
         record.message = record.getMessage()
-        if string.find(self._fmt,"%(asctime)") >= 0:
+        if self._fmt.find("%(asctime)") >= 0:
             record.asctime = self.formatTime(record, self.datefmt)
         s = self._fmt % record.__dict__
         if record.exc_info:
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ class Filter:
             return 1
         elif self.name == record.name:
             return 1
-        elif string.find(record.name, self.name, 0, self.nlen) != 0:
+        elif record.name.find(self.name, 0, self.nlen) != 0:
             return 0
         return (record.name[self.nlen] == ".")
 
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ class Manager:
         from the specified logger to the root of the logger hierarchy.
         """
         name = alogger.name
-        i = string.rfind(name, ".")
+        i = name.rfind(".")
         rv = None
         while (i > 0) and not rv:
             substr = name[:i]
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ class Manager:
                 else:
                     assert isinstance(obj, PlaceHolder)
                     obj.append(alogger)
-            i = string.rfind(name, ".", 0, i - 1)
+            i = name.rfind(".", 0, i - 1)
         if not rv:
             rv = self.root
         alogger.parent = rv

Lib/logging/config.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
 To use, simply 'import logging' and log away!
 """
 
-import sys, logging, logging.handlers, string, socket, struct, os, traceback, types
+import sys, logging, logging.handlers, socket, struct, os, traceback, types
 
 try:
     import thread
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def fileConfig(fname, defaults=None):
 
 def _resolve(name):
     """Resolve a dotted name to a global object."""
-    name = string.split(name, '.')
+    name = name.split('.')
     used = name.pop(0)
     found = __import__(used)
     for n in name:
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ def _create_formatters(cp):
     flist = cp.get("formatters", "keys")
     if not len(flist):
         return {}
-    flist = string.split(flist, ",")
+    flist = flist.split(",")
     formatters = {}
     for form in flist:
-        sectname = "formatter_%s" % string.strip(form)
+        sectname = "formatter_%s" % form.strip()
         opts = cp.options(sectname)
         if "format" in opts:
             fs = cp.get(sectname, "format", 1)
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ def _install_handlers(cp, formatters):
     hlist = cp.get("handlers", "keys")
     if not len(hlist):
         return {}
-    hlist = string.split(hlist, ",")
+    hlist = hlist.split(",")
     handlers = {}
     fixups = [] #for inter-handler references
     for hand in hlist:
-        sectname = "handler_%s" % string.strip(hand)
+        sectname = "handler_%s" % hand.strip()
         klass = cp.get(sectname, "class")
         opts = cp.options(sectname)
         if "formatter" in opts:
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ def _install_loggers(cp, handlers):
 
     # configure the root first
     llist = cp.get("loggers", "keys")
-    llist = string.split(llist, ",")
-    llist = map(lambda x: string.strip(x), llist)
+    llist = llist.split(",")
+    llist = map(lambda x: x.strip(), llist)
     llist.remove("root")
     sectname = "logger_root"
     root = logging.root
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ def _install_loggers(cp, handlers):
         root.removeHandler(h)
     hlist = cp.get(sectname, "handlers")
     if len(hlist):
-        hlist = string.split(hlist, ",")
+        hlist = hlist.split(",")
         for hand in hlist:
-            log.addHandler(handlers[string.strip(hand)])
+            log.addHandler(handlers[hand.strip()])
 
     #and now the others...
     #we don't want to lose the existing loggers,
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ def _install_loggers(cp, handlers):
         logger.disabled = 0
         hlist = cp.get(sectname, "handlers")
         if len(hlist):
-            hlist = string.split(hlist, ",")
+            hlist = hlist.split(",")
             for hand in hlist:
-                logger.addHandler(handlers[string.strip(hand)])
+                logger.addHandler(handlers[hand.strip()])
 
     #Disable any old loggers. There's no point deleting
     #them as other threads may continue to hold references

Lib/logging/handlers.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
 To use, simply 'import logging' and log away!
 """
 
-import sys, logging, socket, types, os, string, struct, time, glob
+import sys, logging, socket, types, os, struct, time, glob
 try:
     import cPickle as pickle
 except ImportError:
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class TimedRotatingFileHandler(BaseRotatingHandler):
     """
     def __init__(self, filename, when='h', interval=1, backupCount=0, encoding=None):
         BaseRotatingHandler.__init__(self, filename, 'a', encoding)
-        self.when = string.upper(when)
+        self.when = when.upper()
         self.backupCount = backupCount
         # Calculate the real rollover interval, which is just the number of
         # seconds between rollovers.  Also set the filename suffix used when
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ class SMTPHandler(logging.Handler):
             msg = self.format(record)
             msg = "From: %s\r\nTo: %s\r\nSubject: %s\r\nDate: %s\r\n\r\n%s" % (
                             self.fromaddr,
-                            string.join(self.toaddrs, ","),
+                            ",".join(self.toaddrs),
                             self.getSubject(record),
                             formatdate(), msg)
             smtp.sendmail(self.fromaddr, self.toaddrs, msg)
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ class HTTPHandler(logging.Handler):
         ("GET" or "POST")
         """
         logging.Handler.__init__(self)
-        method = string.upper(method)
+        method = method.upper()
         if method not in ["GET", "POST"]:
             raise ValueError, "method must be GET or POST"
         self.host = host
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ class HTTPHandler(logging.Handler):
             url = self.url
             data = urllib.urlencode(self.mapLogRecord(record))
             if self.method == "GET":
-                if (string.find(url, '?') >= 0):
+                if (url.find('?') >= 0):
                     sep = '&'
                 else:
                     sep = '?'
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ class HTTPHandler(logging.Handler):
             h.putrequest(self.method, url)
             # support multiple hosts on one IP address...
             # need to strip optional :port from host, if present
-            i = string.find(host, ":")
+            i = host.find(":")
             if i >= 0:
                 host = host[:i]
             h.putheader("Host", host)

Lib/plat-irix6/cddb.py

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 # You can then use c.write() to write out the changed values to the
 # .cdplayerrc file.
 
-import string, posix, os
+import posix, os
 
 _cddbrc = '.cddb'
 _DB_ID_NTRACKS = 5
 _dbid_map = '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ@_=+abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
 def _dbid(v):
     if v >= len(_dbid_map):
-        return string.zfill(v, 2)
+        return v.zfill(2)
     else:
         return _dbid_map[v]
 
@@ -164,11 +164,10 @@ class Cddb:
         for i in range(nidtracks):
             start, length = tracklist[i]
             self.id = self.id + _dbid(length[0]) + _dbid(length[1])
-        self.toc = string.zfill(ntracks, 2)
+        self.toc = ntracks.zfill(2)
         for track in tracklist:
             start, length = track
-            self.toc = self.toc + string.zfill(length[0], 2) + \
-                      string.zfill(length[1], 2)
+            self.toc = self.toc + length[0].zfill(2) + length[1].zfill(2)
 
     def write(self):
         import posixpath

Lib/plat-irix6/cdplayer.py

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ cdplayerrc = '.cdplayerrc'
 
 class Cdplayer:
     def __init__(self, tracklist):
-        import string
         self.artist = ''
         self.title = ''
         if type(tracklist) == type(''):
@@ -29,11 +28,11 @@ class Cdplayer:
                            int(tracklist[i+2:i+4]))))
             tracklist = t
         self.track = [None] + [''] * len(tracklist)
-        self.id = 'd' + string.zfill(len(tracklist), 2)
+        self.id = 'd' + repr(len(tracklist)).zfill(2)
         for track in tracklist:
             start, length = track
-            self.id = self.id + string.zfill(length[0], 2) + \
-                      string.zfill(length[1], 2)
+            self.id = self.id + repr(length[0]).zfill(2) + \
+                      repr(length[1]).zfill(2)
         try:
             import posix
             f = open(posix.environ['HOME'] + '/' + cdplayerrc, 'r')

Lib/plat-mac/EasyDialogs.py

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ from Carbon import Menu
 from Carbon import AE
 import Nav
 import MacOS
-import string
 from Carbon.ControlAccessor import *    # Also import Controls constants
 import Carbon.File
 import macresource
@@ -54,12 +53,12 @@ def _interact():
 
 def cr2lf(text):
     if '\r' in text:
-        text = string.join(string.split(text, '\r'), '\n')
+        text = '\n'.join(text.split('\r'))
     return text
 
 def lf2cr(text):
     if '\n' in text:
-        text = string.join(string.split(text, '\n'), '\r')
+        text = '\r'.join(text.split('\n'))
     if len(text) > 253:
         text = text[:253] + '\311'
     return text
@@ -543,7 +542,7 @@ def GetArgv(optionlist=None, commandlist=None, addoldfile=1, addnewfile=1, addfo
                 d.SelectDialogItemText(ARGV_CMDLINE_DATA, 0x7fff, 0x7fff)
         h = d.GetDialogItemAsControl(ARGV_CMDLINE_DATA)
         oldstr = GetDialogItemText(h)
-        tmplist = string.split(oldstr)
+        tmplist = oldstr.split()
         newlist = []
         while tmplist:
             item = tmplist[0]

Lib/plat-mac/aepack.py

@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ coerce(x, wanted_sample) coerces a python object to another python object
 #
 
 import struct
-import string
 import types
-from string import strip
 from types import *
 from Carbon import AE
 from Carbon.AppleEvents import *

Lib/plat-mac/aetypes.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from Carbon.AppleEvents import *
 import struct
 from types import *
-import string
 
 #
 # convoluted, since there are cyclic dependencies between this file and
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ class Enum:
         return "Enum(%r)" % (self.enum,)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return string.strip(self.enum)
+        return self.enum.strip()
 
     def __aepack__(self):
         return pack(self.enum, typeEnumeration)
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ class Type:
         return "Type(%r)" % (self.type,)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return string.strip(self.type)
+        return self.type.strip()
 
     def __aepack__(self):
         return pack(self.type, typeType)
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ class Keyword:
         return "Keyword(%r)" % self.keyword
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return string.strip(self.keyword)
+        return self.keyword.strip()
 
     def __aepack__(self):
         return pack(self.keyword, typeKeyword)
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ class Comparison:
         return "Comparison(%r, %r, %r)" % (self.obj1, self.relo, self.obj2)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return "%s %s %s" % (nice(self.obj1), string.strip(self.relo), nice(self.obj2))
+        return "%s %s %s" % (nice(self.obj1), self.relo.strip(), nice(self.obj2))
 
     def __aepack__(self):
         return pack({'obj1': self.obj1,
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ class Ordinal:
         return "Ordinal(%r)" % (self.abso,)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return "%s" % (string.strip(self.abso))
+        return "%s" % (self.abso.strip())
 
     def __aepack__(self):
         return pack(self.abso, 'abso')
@@ -225,10 +224,10 @@ class Logical:
     def __str__(self):
         if type(self.term) == ListType and len(self.term) == 2:
             return "%s %s %s" % (nice(self.term[0]),
-                                 string.strip(self.logc),
+                                 self.logc.strip(),
                                  nice(self.term[1]))
         else:
-            return "%s(%s)" % (string.strip(self.logc), nice(self.term))
+            return "%s(%s)" % (self.logc.strip(), nice(self.term))
 
     def __aepack__(self):
         return pack({'logc': mkenum(self.logc), 'term': self.term}, 'logi')

Lib/plat-mac/buildtools.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import sys
 import os
-import string
 import imp
 import marshal
 from Carbon import Res
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ def process(template, filename, destname, copy_codefragment=0,
     # Set the destination file name. Note that basename
     # does contain the whole filepath, only a .py is stripped.
 
-    if string.lower(filename[-3:]) == ".py":
+    if filename[-3:].lower() == ".py":
         basename = filename[:-3]
         if MacOS.runtimemodel != 'macho' and not destname:
             destname = basename
@@ -347,7 +346,7 @@ def copyres(input, output, skiptypes, skipowner, progress=None):
         for ires in range(1, 1+nresources):
             res = Res.Get1IndResource(type, ires)
             id, type, name = res.GetResInfo()
-            lcname = string.lower(name)
+            lcname = name.lower()
 
             if lcname == OWNERNAME and id == 0:
                 if skipowner:

Lib/plat-mac/gensuitemodule.py

@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ class SuiteCompiler:
         """Generate class boilerplate"""
         classname = '%s_Events'%self.modname
         if self.basemodule:
-            modshortname = string.split(self.basemodule.__name__, '.')[-1]
+            modshortname = self.basemodule.__name__.split('.')[-1]
             baseclassname = '%s_Events'%modshortname
             self.fp.write("class %s(%s):\n\n"%(classname, baseclassname))
         else:
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ def compiledataflags(flags):
                 bits.append(dataflagdict[i])
             else:
                 bits.append(repr(i))
-    return '[%s]' % string.join(bits)
+    return '[%s]' % ' '.join(bits)
 
 def ascii(str):
     """Return a string with all non-ascii characters hex-encoded"""

Lib/plat-mac/ic.py

 """IC wrapper module, based on Internet Config 1.3"""
 
 import icglue
-import string
 import sys
 import os
 from Carbon import Res
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ _decoder_table = {
 
 def _decode(data, key):
     if '\245' in key:
-        key2 = key[:string.index(key, '\245')+1]
+        key2 = key[:key.index('\245')+1]
     else:
         key2 = key
     if key2 in _decoder_table:
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ def _code(data, key):
     if type(data) == _ICOpaqueDataType:
         return data.data
     if '\245' in key:
-        key2 = key[:string.index(key, '\245')+1]
+        key2 = key[:key.index('\245')+1]
     else:
         key2 = key
     if key2 in _decoder_table:

Lib/plat-riscos/riscospath.py

@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ def _split(p):
   """
     dash= _allowMOSFSNames and p[:1]=='-'
     if dash:
-        q= string.find(p, '-', 1)+1
+        q= p.find('-', 1)+1
     else:
         if p[:1]==':':
             q= 0
         else:
-            q= string.find(p, ':')+1 # q= index of start of non-FS portion of path
-    s= string.find(p, '#')
+            q= p.find(':')+1 # q= index of start of non-FS portion of path
+    s= p.find('#')
     if s==-1 or s>q:
         s= q # find end of main FS name, not including special field
     else:
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def _split(p):
                 break # disallow invalid non-special-field characters in FS name
     r= q
     if p[q:q+1]==':':
-        r= string.find(p, '.', q+1)+1
+        r= p.find('.', q+1)+1
         if r==0:
             r= len(p) # find end of drive name (if any) following FS name (if any)
     return (p[:q], p[q:r], p[r:])
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def normcase(p):
   OS filesystems are case-insensitive. However, not all filesystems have to be,
   and there's no simple way to find out what type an FS is argh.
   """
-    return string.lower(p)
+    return p.lower()
 
 
 def isabs(p):
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def split(p):
   name must still be dealt with separately since special field may contain '.'.
   """
     (fs, drive, path)= _split(p)
-    q= string.rfind(path, '.')
+    q= path.rfind('.')
     if q!=-1:
         return (fs+drive+path[:q], path[q+1:])
     return ('', p)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def splitext(p):
   """
     (tail, head)= split(p)
     if '/' in head:
-        q= len(head)-string.rfind(head, '/')
+        q= len(head)-head.rfind('/')
         return (p[:-q], p[-q:])
     return (p, '')
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def expanduser(p):
             fsname= fs[1:-1]
         else:
             fsname= fs[:-1]
-        fsname= string.split(fsname, '#', 1)[0] # remove special field from fs
+        fsname= fsname.split('#', 1)[0] # remove special field from fs
     x= swi.swi('OS_FSControl', 'ib2s.i;.....i', 54, b, fsname, l)
     if x<l:
         urd= b.tostring(0, l-x-1)

Lib/plat-riscos/rourl2path.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def url2pathname(url):
         url = url[2:]
     elif url[:2] == '//':
         raise RuntimeError, 'Cannot convert non-local URL to pathname'
-    components = string.split(url, '/')
+    components = url.split('/')
     if not components[0]:
         if '$' in components:
             del components[0]

Lib/platform.py

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ __copyright__ = """
 
 __version__ = '1.0.6'
 
-import sys,string,os,re
+import sys, os, re
 
 ### Platform specific APIs
 
@@ -189,15 +189,15 @@ def _dist_try_harder(distname,version,id):
         info = open('/var/adm/inst-log/info').readlines()
         distname = 'SuSE'
         for line in info:
-            tv = string.split(line)
+            tv = line.split()
             if len(tv) == 2:
                 tag,value = tv
             else:
                 continue
             if tag == 'MIN_DIST_VERSION':
-                version = string.strip(value)
+                version = value.strip()
             elif tag == 'DIST_IDENT':
-                values = string.split(value,'-')
+                values = value.split('-')
                 id = values[2]
         return distname,version,id
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def _dist_try_harder(distname,version,id):
         # Caldera OpenLinux has some infos in that file (thanks to Colin Kong)
         info = open('/etc/.installed').readlines()
         for line in info:
-            pkg = string.split(line,'-')
+            pkg = line.split('-')
             if len(pkg) >= 2 and pkg[0] == 'OpenLinux':
                 # XXX does Caldera support non Intel platforms ? If yes,
                 #     where can we find the needed id ?
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def _parse_release_file(firstline):
         return tuple(m.groups())
 
     # Unkown format... take the first two words
-    l = string.split(string.strip(firstline))
+    l = firstline.strip().split()
     if l:
         version = l[0]
         if len(l) > 1:
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ def _norm_version(version, build=''):
     """ Normalize the version and build strings and return a single
         version string using the format major.minor.build (or patchlevel).
     """
-    l = string.split(version,'.')
+    l = version.split('.')
     if build:
         l.append(build)
     try:
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ def _norm_version(version, build=''):
         strings = l
     else:
         strings = map(str,ints)
-    version = string.join(strings[:3],'.')
+    version = '.'.join(strings[:3])
     return version
 
 _ver_output = re.compile(r'(?:([\w ]+) ([\w.]+) '
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ def _syscmd_ver(system='', release='', version='',
         return system,release,version
 
     # Parse the output
-    info = string.strip(info)
+    info = info.strip()
     m = _ver_output.match(info)
     if m is not None:
         system,release,version = m.groups()
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ def system_alias(system,release,version):
             # These releases use the old name SunOS
             return system,release,version
         # Modify release (marketing release = SunOS release - 3)
-        l = string.split(release,'.')
+        l = release.split('.')
         if l:
             try:
                 major = int(l[0])
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ def system_alias(system,release,version):
             else:
                 major = major - 3
                 l[0] = str(major)
-                release = string.join(l,'.')
+                release = '.'.join(l)
         if release < '6':
             system = 'Solaris'
         else:
@@ -806,28 +806,24 @@ def _platform(*args):
         compatible format e.g. "system-version-machine".
     """
     # Format the platform string
-    platform = string.join(
-        map(string.strip,
-            filter(len, args)),
-        '-')
+    platform = '-'.join(x.strip() for x in filter(len, args))
 
     # Cleanup some possible filename obstacles...
-    replace = string.replace
-    platform = replace(platform,' ','_')
-    platform = replace(platform,'/','-')
-    platform = replace(platform,'\\','-')
-    platform = replace(platform,':','-')
-    platform = replace(platform,';','-')
-    platform = replace(platform,'"','-')
-    platform = replace(platform,'(','-')
-    platform = replace(platform,')','-')
+    platform = platform.replace(' ','_')
+    platform = platform.replace('/','-')
+    platform = platform.replace('\\','-')
+    platform = platform.replace(':','-')
+    platform = platform.replace(';','-')
+    platform = platform.replace('"','-')
+    platform = platform.replace('(','-')
+    platform = platform.replace(')','-')
 
     # No need to report 'unknown' information...
-    platform = replace(platform,'unknown','')
+    platform = platform.replace('unknown','')
 
     # Fold '--'s and remove trailing '-'
     while 1:
-        cleaned = replace(platform,'--','-')
+        cleaned = platform.replace('--','-')
         if cleaned == platform:
             break
         platform = cleaned
@@ -889,7 +885,7 @@ def _syscmd_uname(option,default=''):
         f = os.popen('uname %s 2> /dev/null' % option)
     except (AttributeError,os.error):
         return default
-    output = string.strip(f.read())
+    output = f.read().strip()
     rc = f.close()
     if not output or rc:
         return default
@@ -911,7 +907,7 @@ def _syscmd_file(target,default=''):
         f = os.popen('file %s 2> /dev/null' % target)
     except (AttributeError,os.error):
         return default
-    output = string.strip(f.read())
+    output = f.read().strip()
     rc = f.close()
     if not output or rc:
         return default
@@ -1082,7 +1078,7 @@ def uname():
         elif system[:4] == 'java':
             release,vendor,vminfo,osinfo = java_ver()
             system = 'Java'
-            version = string.join(vminfo,', ')
+            version = ', '.join(vminfo)
             if not version:
                 version = vendor
 
@@ -1285,10 +1281,10 @@ def _sys_version(sys_version=None):
         builddate = builddate + ' ' + buildtime
 
     # Add the patchlevel version if missing
-    l = string.split(version, '.')
+    l = version.split('.')
     if len(l) == 2:
         l.append('0')
-        version = string.join(l, '.')
+        version = '.'.join(l)
 
     # Build and cache the result
     result = (name, version, branch, revision, buildno, builddate, compiler)
@@ -1345,7 +1341,7 @@ def python_version_tuple():
     """
     if hasattr(sys, 'version_info'):
         return sys.version_info[:3]
-    return tuple(string.split(_sys_version()[1], '.'))
+    return tuple(_sys_version()[1].split('.'))
 
 def python_branch():
 

Lib/test/test_future2.py

 """This is a test"""
 
-from __future__ import nested_scopes; import string
+from __future__ import nested_scopes; import site
 
 def f(x):
     def g(y):

Lib/test/test_logging.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
 """
 
 import select
-import os, sys, string, struct, types, pickle, cStringIO
+import os, sys, struct, types, pickle, cStringIO
 import socket, tempfile, threading, time
 import logging, logging.handlers, logging.config
 from test.test_support import run_with_locale
@@ -455,11 +455,10 @@ datefmt=
 """
 
 # config2 has a subtle configuration error that should be reported
-config2 = string.replace(config1, "sys.stdout", "sys.stbout")
+config2 = config1.replace("sys.stdout", "sys.stbout")
 
 # config3 has a less subtle configuration error
-config3 = string.replace(
-    config1, "formatter=form1", "formatter=misspelled_name")
+config3 = config1.replace("formatter=form1", "formatter=misspelled_name")
 
 def test4():
     for i in range(4):

Lib/test/test_scope.py

@@ -187,25 +187,25 @@ class ScopeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         check_syntax_error(self, """\
 def unoptimized_clash1(strip):
     def f(s):
-        from string import *
-        return strip(s) # ambiguity: free or local
+        from sys import *
+        return getrefcount(s) # ambiguity: free or local
     return f
 """)
 
         check_syntax_error(self, """\
 def unoptimized_clash2():
-    from string import *
+    from sys import *
     def f(s):
-        return strip(s) # ambiguity: global or local
+        return getrefcount(s) # ambiguity: global or local
     return f
 """)
 
         check_syntax_error(self, """\
 def unoptimized_clash2():
-    from string import *
+    from sys import *
     def g():
         def f(s):
-            return strip(s) # ambiguity: global or local
+            return getrefcount(s) # ambiguity: global or local
         return f
 """)
 
@@ -219,24 +219,24 @@ def f(x):
         check_syntax_error(self, """\
 def f():
     def g():
-        from string import *
-        return strip # global or local?
+        from sys import *
+        return getrefcount # global or local?
 """)
 
         # and verify a few cases that should work
 
         exec("""
 def noproblem1():
-    from string import *
+    from sys import *
     f = lambda x:x
 
 def noproblem2():
-    from string import *
+    from sys import *
     def f(x):
         return x + 1
 
 def noproblem3():
-    from string import *
+    from sys import *
     def f(x):
         global y
         y = x

Lib/test/test_string.py

 import unittest, string
-from test import test_support, string_tests
-from UserList import UserList
-
-class StringTest(
-    string_tests.CommonTest,
-    string_tests.MixinStrStringUserStringTest
-    ):
-
-    type2test = str
-
-    def checkequal(self, result, object, methodname, *args):
-        realresult = getattr(string, methodname)(object, *args)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            result,
-            realresult
-        )
-
-    def checkraises(self, exc, object, methodname, *args):
-        self.assertRaises(
-            exc,
-            getattr(string, methodname),
-            object,
-            *args
-        )
-
-    def checkcall(self, object, methodname, *args):
-        getattr(string, methodname)(object, *args)
-
-    def test_join(self):
-        # These are the same checks as in string_test.ObjectTest.test_join
-        # but the argument order ist different
-        self.checkequal('a b c d', ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], 'join', ' ')
-        self.checkequal('abcd', ('a', 'b', 'c', 'd'), 'join', '')
-        self.checkequal('w x y z', string_tests.Sequence(), 'join', ' ')
-        self.checkequal('abc', ('abc',), 'join', 'a')
-        self.checkequal('z', UserList(['z']), 'join', 'a')
-        if test_support.have_unicode:
-            self.checkequal(unicode('a.b.c'), ['a', 'b', 'c'], 'join', unicode('.'))
-            self.checkequal(unicode('a.b.c'), [unicode('a'), 'b', 'c'], 'join', '.')
-            self.checkequal(unicode('a.b.c'), ['a', unicode('b'), 'c'], 'join', '.')
-            self.checkequal(unicode('a.b.c'), ['a', 'b', unicode('c')], 'join', '.')
-            self.checkraises(TypeError, ['a', unicode('b'), 3], 'join', '.')
-        for i in [5, 25, 125]:
-            self.checkequal(
-                ((('a' * i) + '-') * i)[:-1],
-                ['a' * i] * i, 'join', '-')
-            self.checkequal(
-                ((('a' * i) + '-') * i)[:-1],
-                ('a' * i,) * i, 'join', '-')
-
-        self.checkraises(TypeError, string_tests.BadSeq1(), 'join', ' ')
-        self.checkequal('a b c', string_tests.BadSeq2(), 'join', ' ')
-        try:
-            def f():
-                yield 4 + ""
-            self.fixtype(' ').join(f())
-        except TypeError as e:
-            if '+' not in str(e):
-                self.fail('join() ate exception message')
-        else:
-            self.fail('exception not raised')
-
-
+from test import test_support
 
 
 class ModuleTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -77,37 +15,14 @@ class ModuleTest(unittest.TestCase):
         string.punctuation
         string.printable
 
-    def test_atoi(self):
-        self.assertEqual(string.atoi(" 1 "), 1)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, string.atoi, " 1x")
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, string.atoi, " x1 ")
-
-    def test_atol(self):
-        self.assertEqual(string.atol("  1  "), 1)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, string.atol, "  1x ")
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, string.atol, "  x1 ")
-
-    def test_atof(self):
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(string.atof("  1  "), 1.0)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, string.atof, "  1x ")
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, string.atof, "  x1 ")
-
     def test_maketrans(self):
         transtable = '\000\001\002\003\004\005\006\007\010\011\012\013\014\015\016\017\020\021\022\023\024\025\026\027\030\031\032\033\034\035\036\037 !"#$%&\'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`xyzdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~\177\200\201\202\203\204\205\206\207\210\211\212\213\214\215\216\217\220\221\222\223\224\225\226\227\230\231\232\233\234\235\236\237\240\241\242\243\244\245\246\247\250\251\252\253\254\255\256\257\260\261\262\263\264\265\266\267\270\271\272\273\274\275\276\277\300\301\302\303\304\305\306\307\310\311\312\313\314\315\316\317\320\321\322\323\324\325\326\327\330\331\332\333\334\335\336\337\340\341\342\343\344\345\346\347\350\351\352\353\354\355\356\357\360\361\362\363\364\365\366\367\370\371\372\373\374\375\376\377'
 
         self.assertEqual(string.maketrans('abc', 'xyz'), transtable)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, string.maketrans, 'abc', 'xyzq')
 
-    def test_capwords(self):
-        self.assertEqual(string.capwords('abc def ghi'), 'Abc Def Ghi')
-        self.assertEqual(string.capwords('abc\tdef\nghi'), 'Abc Def Ghi')
-        self.assertEqual(string.capwords('abc\t   def  \nghi'), 'Abc Def Ghi')
-        self.assertEqual(string.capwords('ABC DEF GHI'), 'Abc Def Ghi')
-        self.assertEqual(string.capwords('ABC-DEF-GHI', '-'), 'Abc-Def-Ghi')
-        self.assertEqual(string.capwords('ABC-def DEF-ghi GHI'), 'Abc-def Def-ghi Ghi')
-
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_unittest(StringTest, ModuleTest)
+    test_support.run_unittest(ModuleTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_strop.py

@@ -9,126 +9,16 @@ from test import test_support
 
 class StropFunctionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def test_atoi(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.atoi(" 1 ") == 1)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, strop.atoi, " 1x")
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, strop.atoi, " x1 ")
-
-    def test_atol(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.atol(" 1 ") == 1)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, strop.atol, " 1x")
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, strop.atol, " x1 ")
-
-    def test_atof(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.atof(" 1 ") == 1.0)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, strop.atof, " 1x")
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, strop.atof, " x1 ")
-
-    def test_capitalize(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.capitalize(" hello ") == " hello ")
-        self.assert_(strop.capitalize("hello ") == "Hello ")
-
-    def test_find(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.find("abcdefghiabc", "abc") == 0)
-        self.assert_(strop.find("abcdefghiabc", "abc", 1) == 9)
-        self.assert_(strop.find("abcdefghiabc", "def", 4) == -1)
-
-    def test_rfind(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.rfind("abcdefghiabc", "abc") == 9)
-
-    def test_lower(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.lower("HeLLo") == "hello")
-
-    def test_upper(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.upper("HeLLo") == "HELLO")
-
-    def test_swapcase(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.swapcase("HeLLo cOmpUteRs") == "hEllO CoMPuTErS")
-
-    def test_strip(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.strip(" \t\n hello \t\n ") == "hello")
-
-    def test_lstrip(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.lstrip(" \t\n hello \t\n ") == "hello \t\n ")
-
-    def test_rstrip(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.rstrip(" \t\n hello \t\n ") == " \t\n hello")
-
-    def test_replace(self):
-        replace = strop.replace
-        self.assert_(replace("one!two!three!", '!', '@', 1)
-                     == "one@two!three!")
-        self.assert_(replace("one!two!three!", '!', '@', 2)
-                     == "one@two@three!")
-        self.assert_(replace("one!two!three!", '!', '@', 3)
-                     == "one@two@three@")
-        self.assert_(replace("one!two!three!", '!', '@', 4)
-                     == "one@two@three@")
-
-        # CAUTION: a replace count of 0 means infinity only to strop,
-        # not to the string .replace() method or to the
-        # string.replace() function.
-
-        self.assert_(replace("one!two!three!", '!', '@', 0)
-                     == "one@two@three@")
-        self.assert_(replace("one!two!three!", '!', '@')
-                     == "one@two@three@")
-        self.assert_(replace("one!two!three!", 'x', '@')
-                     == "one!two!three!")
-        self.assert_(replace("one!two!three!", 'x', '@', 2)
-                     == "one!two!three!")
-
-    def test_split(self):
-        split = strop.split
-        self.assert_(split("this is the split function")
-                     == ['this', 'is', 'the', 'split', 'function'])
-        self.assert_(split("a|b|c|d", '|') == ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
-        self.assert_(split("a|b|c|d", '|', 2) == ['a', 'b', 'c|d'])
-        self.assert_(split("a b c d", None, 1) == ['a', 'b c d'])
-        self.assert_(split("a b c d", None, 2) == ['a', 'b', 'c d'])
-        self.assert_(split("a b c d", None, 3) == ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
-        self.assert_(split("a b c d", None, 4) == ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
-        self.assert_(split("a b c d", None, 0) == ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
-        self.assert_(split("a  b  c  d", None, 2) ==  ['a', 'b', 'c  d'])
-
-    def test_join(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.join(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']) == 'a b c d')
-        self.assert_(strop.join(('a', 'b', 'c', 'd'), '') == 'abcd')
-        self.assert_(strop.join(Sequence()) == 'w x y z')
-
-        # try a few long ones
-        self.assert_(strop.join(['x' * 100] * 100, ':')
-                     == (('x' * 100) + ":") * 99 + "x" * 100)
-        self.assert_(strop.join(('x' * 100,) * 100, ':')
-                     == (('x' * 100) + ":") * 99 + "x" * 100)
-
     def test_maketrans(self):
         self.assert_(strop.maketrans("abc", "xyz") == transtable)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, strop.maketrans, "abc", "xyzq")
 
-    def test_translate(self):
-        self.assert_(strop.translate("xyzabcdef", transtable, "def")
-                     == "xyzxyz")
-
-    def test_data_attributes(self):
-        strop.lowercase
-        strop.uppercase
-        strop.whitespace
-
 
 transtable = '\000\001\002\003\004\005\006\007\010\011\012\013\014\015\016\017\020\021\022\023\024\025\026\027\030\031\032\033\034\035\036\037 !"#$%&\'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`xyzdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~\177\200\201\202\203\204\205\206\207\210\211\212\213\214\215\216\217\220\221\222\223\224\225\226\227\230\231\232\233\234\235\236\237\240\241\242\243\244\245\246\247\250\251\252\253\254\255\256\257\260\261\262\263\264\265\266\267\270\271\272\273\274\275\276\277\300\301\302\303\304\305\306\307\310\311\312\313\314\315\316\317\320\321\322\323\324\325\326\327\330\331\332\333\334\335\336\337\340\341\342\343\344\345\346\347\350\351\352\353\354\355\356\357\360\361\362\363\364\365\366\367\370\371\372\373\374\375\376\377'
 
 
-# join() now works with any sequence type.
-class Sequence:
-    def __init__(self): self.seq = 'wxyz'
-    def __len__(self): return len(self.seq)
-    def __getitem__(self, i): return self.seq[i]
-
-
 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(StropFunctionTestCase)
 
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()

Lib/test/test_sundry.py

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ import sched
 import smtplib
 import sndhdr
 import statvfs
-import stringold
 import sunau
 import sunaudio
 import symbol

Lib/test/test_unicode.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg (mal@lemburg.com).
 (c) Copyright CNRI, All Rights Reserved. NO WARRANTY.
 
 """#"
-import unittest, sys, string, codecs, new
+import unittest, sys, codecs, new
 from test import test_support, string_tests
 
 # Error handling (bad decoder return)

Lib/urllib.py

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ used to query various info about the object, if available.
 (mimetools.Message objects are queried with the getheader() method.)
 """
 
-import string
 import socket
 import os
 import time
@@ -1465,6 +1464,7 @@ def reporthook(blocknum, blocksize, totalsize):
 
 # Test program
 def test(args=[]):
+    import string
     if not args:
         args = [
             '/etc/passwd',

Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ __all__ = [
 # structure, and convert it from and to XML.
 ##
 
-import string, sys, re
+import sys, re
 
 from . import ElementPath
 
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ def _encode_entity(text, pattern=_escape):
             if text is None:
                 text = "&#%d;" % ord(char)
             append(text)
-        return string.join(out, "")
+        return "".join(out)
     try:
         return _encode(pattern.sub(escape_entities, text), "ascii")
     except TypeError:
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ def _encode_entity(text, pattern=_escape):
 # the following functions assume an ascii-compatible encoding
 # (or "utf-16")
 
-def _escape_cdata(text, encoding=None, replace=string.replace):
+def _escape_cdata(text, encoding=None):
     # escape character data
     try:
         if encoding:
@@ -780,14 +780,14 @@ def _escape_cdata(text, encoding=None, replace=string.replace):
                 text = _encode(text, encoding)
             except UnicodeError:
                 return _encode_entity(text)
-        text = replace(text, "&", "&")
-        text = replace(text, "<", "&lt;")
-        text = replace(text, ">", "&gt;")
+        text = text.replace("&", "&amp;")
+        text = text.replace("<", "&lt;")
+        text = text.replace(">", "&gt;")
         return text
     except (TypeError, AttributeError):
         _raise_serialization_error(text)
 
-def _escape_attrib(text, encoding=None, replace=string.replace):
+def _escape_attrib(text, encoding=None):
     # escape attribute value
     try:
         if encoding:
@@ -795,11 +795,11 @@ def _escape_attrib(text, encoding=None, replace=string.replace):
                 text = _encode(text, encoding)
             except UnicodeError:
                 return _encode_entity(text)
-        text = replace(text, "&", "&amp;")
-        text = replace(text, "'", "&apos;") # FIXME: overkill
-        text = replace(text, "\"", "&quot;")
-        text = replace(text, "<", "&lt;")
-        text = replace(text, ">", "&gt;")
+        text = text.replace("&", "&amp;")
+        text = text.replace("'", "&apos;") # FIXME: overkill
+        text = text.replace("\"", "&quot;")
+        text = text.replace("<", "&lt;")
+        text = text.replace(">", "&gt;")
         return text
     except (TypeError, AttributeError):
         _raise_serialization_error(text)
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ def fixtag(tag, namespaces):
     # tag and namespace declaration, if any
     if isinstance(tag, QName):
         tag = tag.text
-    namespace_uri, tag = string.split(tag[1:], "}", 1)
+    namespace_uri, tag = tag[1:].split("}", 1)
     prefix = namespaces.get(namespace_uri)
     if prefix is None:
         prefix = _namespace_map.get(namespace_uri)
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ def tostring(element, encoding=None):
     file = dummy()
     file.write = data.append
     ElementTree(element).write(file, encoding)
-    return string.join(data, "")
+    return "".join(data)
 
 ##
 # Generic element structure builder.  This builder converts a sequence
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ class TreeBuilder:
     def _flush(self):
         if self._data:
             if self._last is not None:
-                text = string.join(self._data, "")
+                text = "".join(self._data)
                 if self._tail:
                     assert self._last.tail is None, "internal error (tail)"
                     self._last.tail = text
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ class XMLTreeBuilder:
             if prefix == ">":
                 self._doctype = None
                 return
-            text = string.strip(text)
+            text = text.strip()
             if not text:
                 return
             self._doctype.append(text)

Misc/NEWS

@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- Remove functions in string module that are also string methods.
+
+- Remove obsolete modules: xmllib, stringold.
+
+- Remove support for long obsolete platforms: plat-aix3, plat-irix5.
+
+- Remove xmlrpclib.SlowParser.  It was based on xmllib.
+
 - Patch #1680961: atexit has been reimplemented in C.
 
 - Removed all traces of the sets module.