Remove functions in string module that are also string methods.  Also remove:
 * all calls to functions in the string module (except maketrans)
 * everything from stropmodule except for maketrans() which is still used
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/extension.py b/Lib/distutils/extension.py
index 440d128..0fcbcc1 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/extension.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/extension.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import os, string, sys
+import os, sys
 from types import *
 
 try:
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
         if len(kw):
             L = kw.keys() ; L.sort()
             L = map(repr, L)
-            msg = "Unknown Extension options: " + string.join(L, ', ')
+            msg = "Unknown Extension options: " + ', '.join(L)
             if warnings is not None:
                 warnings.warn(msg)
             else:
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
             elif switch == "-I":
                 ext.include_dirs.append(value)
             elif switch == "-D":
-                equals = string.find(value, "=")
+                equals = value.find("=")
                 if equals == -1:        # bare "-DFOO" -- no value
                     ext.define_macros.append((value, None))
                 else:                   # "-DFOO=blah"