commit 5357c6511dcac17e1c80dbdeaea6c1016f44f4e5
author Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> Mon Oct 14 20:03:40 2002 +0000
committer Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> Mon Oct 14 20:03:40 2002 +0000
tree 7d547ecd7486df239eac0fa3f3aee19c8caadab6
parent bbc0568a5c7d3849a22c78d545823a4b952c0933

Convert empty string literal to string. Speed up creation of idmap.

Lib/string.py

diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index 1d452ed..ec796f6 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@
 printable = digits + letters + punctuation + whitespace
 
 # Case conversion helpers
-_idmap = ''
-for i in range(256): _idmap = _idmap + chr(i)
-del i
+# Use str to convert Unicode literal in case of -U
+l = map(chr, xrange(256))
+_idmap = str('').join(l)
+del l
 
 # Backward compatible names for exceptions
 index_error = ValueError