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/command/config.py b/Lib/distutils/command/config.py
index 4246569..3374db9 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/config.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/config.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string, re
+import sys, os, re
 from types import *
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         if self.include_dirs is None:
             self.include_dirs = self.distribution.include_dirs or []
         elif type(self.include_dirs) is StringType:
-            self.include_dirs = string.split(self.include_dirs, os.pathsep)
+            self.include_dirs = self.include_dirs.split(os.pathsep)
 
         if self.libraries is None:
             self.libraries = []
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         if self.library_dirs is None:
             self.library_dirs = []
         elif type(self.library_dirs) is StringType:
-            self.library_dirs = string.split(self.library_dirs, os.pathsep)
+            self.library_dirs = self.library_dirs.split(os.pathsep)
 
 
     def run (self):
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
         if not filenames:
             filenames = self.temp_files
             self.temp_files = []
-        log.info("removing: %s", string.join(filenames))
+        log.info("removing: %s", ' '.join(filenames))
         for filename in filenames:
             try:
                 os.remove(filename)
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
         else:
             body.append("  %s;" % func)
         body.append("}")
-        body = string.join(body, "\n") + "\n"
+        body = "\n".join(body) + "\n"
 
         return self.try_link(body, headers, include_dirs,
                              libraries, library_dirs)