Added the constants ascii_letters, ascii_lowercase, and ascii_uppercase
to the string module. This was determined to be the right approach in
SF bug #226706.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 55edded..344949c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@
Library
+- The constants ascii_letters, ascii_lowercase. and ascii_uppercase
+ were added to the string module. These a locale-indenpendent
+ constants, unlike letters, lowercase, and uppercase. These are now
+ use in appropriate locations in the standard library.
+
- The flags used in dlopen calls can now be configured using
sys.setdlopenflags and queried using sys.getdlopenflags.