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Remove obsolete stuff from string module docs.

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Georg Brandl 2009-03-04 18:24:41 +00:00
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@ -62,10 +62,9 @@ The constants defined in this module are:
.. data:: lowercase
A string containing all the characters that are considered lowercase letters.
On most systems this is the string ``'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'``. Do not
change its definition --- the effect on the routines :func:`upper` and
:func:`swapcase` is undefined. The specific value is locale-dependent, and will
be updated when :func:`locale.setlocale` is called.
On most systems this is the string ``'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'``. The
specific value is locale-dependent, and will be updated when
:func:`locale.setlocale` is called.
.. data:: octdigits
@ -89,18 +88,16 @@ The constants defined in this module are:
.. data:: uppercase
A string containing all the characters that are considered uppercase letters.
On most systems this is the string ``'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'``. Do not
change its definition --- the effect on the routines :func:`lower` and
:func:`swapcase` is undefined. The specific value is locale-dependent, and will
be updated when :func:`locale.setlocale` is called.
On most systems this is the string ``'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'``. The
specific value is locale-dependent, and will be updated when
:func:`locale.setlocale` is called.
.. data:: whitespace
A string containing all characters that are considered whitespace. On most
systems this includes the characters space, tab, linefeed, return, formfeed, and
vertical tab. Do not change its definition --- the effect on the routines
:func:`strip` and :func:`split` is undefined.
vertical tab.
.. _new-string-formatting:
@ -599,7 +596,7 @@ They are not available as string methods.
Don't use strings derived from :const:`lowercase` and :const:`uppercase` as
arguments; in some locales, these don't have the same length. For case
conversions, always use :func:`lower` and :func:`upper`.
conversions, always use :meth:`str.lower` and :meth:`str.upper`.
Deprecated string functions