to "sys.platform == 'mac'" and that is
dead code because it refers to a platform
that is no longer supported (and hasn't been
supported for several releases).
Fixes issue #7908 for the trunk.
(with one small bugfix in bgen/bgen/scantools.py)
This replaces string module functions with string methods
for the stuff in the Tools directory. Several uses of
string.letters etc. are still remaining.
- same trick with "import wcnew; webchecker = wcnew" as above
- updated readhtml() method to handle pair representation; used
new name suppression infrastructure from wcnew.py to suppress
processing name anchors
[And untabified --GvR]