diff --git a/Lib/test/test_string.py b/Lib/test/test_string.py
index 85b5434..5d37e16 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_string.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_string.py
@@ -4,15 +4,19 @@
 class ModuleTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_attrs(self):
-        string.whitespace
-        string.ascii_lowercase
-        string.ascii_uppercase
-        string.ascii_letters
-        string.digits
-        string.hexdigits
-        string.octdigits
-        string.punctuation
-        string.printable
+        # While the exact order of the items in these attributes is not
+        # technically part of the "language spec", in practice there is almost
+        # certainly user code that depends on the order, so de-facto it *is*
+        # part of the spec.
+        self.assertEqual(string.whitespace, ' \t\n\r\x0b\x0c')
+        self.assertEqual(string.ascii_lowercase, 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
+        self.assertEqual(string.ascii_uppercase, 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ')
+        self.assertEqual(string.ascii_letters, string.ascii_lowercase + string.ascii_uppercase)
+        self.assertEqual(string.digits, '0123456789')
+        self.assertEqual(string.hexdigits, string.digits + 'abcdefABCDEF')
+        self.assertEqual(string.octdigits, '01234567')
+        self.assertEqual(string.punctuation, '!"#$%&\'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~')
+        self.assertEqual(string.printable, string.digits + string.ascii_lowercase + string.ascii_uppercase + string.punctuation + string.whitespace)
 
     def test_capwords(self):
         self.assertEqual(string.capwords('abc def ghi'), 'Abc Def Ghi')
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index eeb1869..48d20ef 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@
 Tom Loredo
 Justin Love
 Ned Jackson Lovely
+Chalmer Lowe
 Jason Lowe
 Tony Lownds
 Ray Loyzaga