[Python-ideas] in str.replace(old, new), allow 'old' to accept a tuple

[Gregory P. Smith]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au>
> wrote:
> > If the OP wants to specify different semantics, let's hear it.
>
> Whatever semantics were chosen, they would end up being confusing to
> *someone*.
>
> With prefix and suffix matching, the implicit OR is simple and
> obvious. The same can't be said for the replacement command,
> particular if it can be used with unordered collections.
>
> Far better to leave this task to re.sub (which uses regex syntax to
> avoid ambiguity) or to explicit flow control and multiple invocations
> of replace().
>
>
Agreed.  Which is why I'm -1 on the proposed change to str.replace().
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