Documentation Question About Depricated String Functions

[Simon Forman]

Hitesh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In python doc -- 4.1.4 Deprecated string functions  -- I read that "The
> following list of functions are also defined as methods of string and
> Unicode objects; see ``String Methods'' (section 2.3.6) for more
> information on those. You should consider these functions as
> deprecated, although they will not be removed until Python 3.0. The
> functions defined in this module are: " and there is a whole list of
> functions. If these functions are deprecated what is the replacement
> for them? I couldn't find that info in the doc. Any links will be
> helpful.
>
> Thank you,
> hj

"The following list of functions are also defined as methods of string
and Unicode objects; see ``String Methods'' (section 2.3.6) for more
information on those."

i.e. string.lower()  =>  "WHAT?".lower()  (would return "what?"...)

HTH,
~Simon