String functions deprication

[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

Dan wrote:
>> http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.1/lib/node110.html
>>
>> These methods are being deprecated.  What are they being replaced
>> with?
> 
> They're being made methods of the string class itself.
> 
> For example:
>   >>> s = 'any old string'
>   >>> string.split(s, ' ')     # Old way
>   ['any', 'old', 'string']
>   >>> s.split()                # New way

        s.split(' '), if we want to be equivalent.

>   ['any', 'old', 'string']

Reinhold