[Python-Dev] Deprecation of the string module

[Aahz Maruch]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> While it will admittedly take a while, the intention of string methods
> was to eventually phase out the string module.  So TOOWTDI is only
> violated during the transition.

I'm glad to see that you're using the past tense with regard to your
intentions for the string module.

(I'm phrasing this as a joke, but I'm utterly serious.)
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