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Document that basestring has been replaced by str. Issue #1931.

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Christian Heimes 2008-01-25 11:02:28 +00:00
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@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ Strings and Bytes
* There is only one string type; its name is ``str`` but its behavior
and implementation are more like ``unicode`` in 2.x.
* The ``basestring`` superclass has been removed. The ``2to3`` tool
replaces every occurence of ``basestring`` with ``str``.
* PEP 3137: There is a new type, ``bytes``, to represent binary data
(and encoded text, which is treated as binary data until you decide
to decode it). The ``str`` and ``bytes`` types cannot be mixed; you