Documentation Question About Depricated String Functions

[Duncan Booth]

Hitesh wrote:

> 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.

You did find the info in the doc - you quoted it above:

The functions are deprecated: use the string methods (see section 2.3.6) 
instead.