Use more string methods, remove import string
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/expatreader.py b/Lib/xml/sax/expatreader.py
index d641c19..e541824 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/sax/expatreader.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/sax/expatreader.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 AttributesImpl = xmlreader.AttributesImpl
 AttributesNSImpl = xmlreader.AttributesNSImpl
 
-import string
 import weakref
 
 # --- ExpatLocator
@@ -220,7 +219,7 @@
         self._cont_handler.endElement(name)
 
     def start_element_ns(self, name, attrs):
-        pair = string.split(name)
+        pair = name.split()
         if len(pair) == 1:
             pair = (None, name)
         else:
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@
 
         newattrs = {}
         for (aname, value) in attrs.items():
-            apair = string.split(aname)
+            apair = aname.split()
             if len(apair) == 1:
                 apair = (None, aname)
             else:
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@
                                           AttributesNSImpl(newattrs, {}))
 
     def end_element_ns(self, name):
-        pair = string.split(name)
+        pair = name.split()
         if len(pair) == 1:
             pair = (None, name)
         else: