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

[Greg Ewing]

Stefan Behnel wrote:
> And str.replace() isn't the
> right interface for anything but a one-shot operation if the intention is
> to pass in a sequence of keywords.

So maybe a better approach would be to enhance maketrans so
that both keys and replacements can be more than one character
long?

Behind the scenes, it could build a DFA or whatever is needed
to do it efficiently.

-- 
Greg