#9418: first step of moving private string methods to _string module.
diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index d4fee39..ef0334c 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
"""
+import _string
+
# Some strings for ctype-style character classification
whitespace = ' \t\n\r\v\f'
ascii_lowercase = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
@@ -170,8 +172,8 @@
# The hard parts are reused from the C implementation. They're exposed as "_"
# prefixed methods of str.
-# The overall parser is implemented in str._formatter_parser.
-# The field name parser is implemented in str._formatter_field_name_split
+# The overall parser is implemented in _string.formatter_parser.
+# The field name parser is implemented in _string.formatter_field_name_split
class Formatter:
def format(self, format_string, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@
# if field_name is not None, it is looked up, formatted
# with format_spec and conversion and then used
def parse(self, format_string):
- return format_string._formatter_parser()
+ return _string.formatter_parser(format_string)
# given a field_name, find the object it references.
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@
# used_args: a set of which args have been used
# args, kwargs: as passed in to vformat
def get_field(self, field_name, args, kwargs):
- first, rest = field_name._formatter_field_name_split()
+ first, rest = _string.formatter_field_name_split(field_name)
obj = self.get_value(first, args, kwargs)