Attempt to make all the various string *strip methods the same.
* Doc - add doc for when functions were added
* UserString
* string object methods
* string module functions
'chars' is used for the last parameter everywhere.
These changes will be backported, since part of the changes
have already been made, but they were inconsistent.
diff --git a/Lib/UserString.py b/Lib/UserString.py
index 2819ab0..fcd115d 100755
--- a/Lib/UserString.py
+++ b/Lib/UserString.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
def join(self, seq): return self.data.join(seq)
def ljust(self, width): return self.__class__(self.data.ljust(width))
def lower(self): return self.__class__(self.data.lower())
- def lstrip(self, sep=None): return self.__class__(self.data.lstrip(sep))
+ def lstrip(self, chars=None): return self.__class__(self.data.lstrip(chars))
def replace(self, old, new, maxsplit=-1):
return self.__class__(self.data.replace(old, new, maxsplit))
def rfind(self, sub, start=0, end=sys.maxint):
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@
def rindex(self, sub, start=0, end=sys.maxint):
return self.data.rindex(sub, start, end)
def rjust(self, width): return self.__class__(self.data.rjust(width))
- def rstrip(self, sep=None): return self.__class__(self.data.rstrip(sep))
+ def rstrip(self, chars=None): return self.__class__(self.data.rstrip(chars))
def split(self, sep=None, maxsplit=-1):
return self.data.split(sep, maxsplit)
def splitlines(self, keepends=0): return self.data.splitlines(keepends)
def startswith(self, prefix, start=0, end=sys.maxint):
return self.data.startswith(prefix, start, end)
- def strip(self, sep=None): return self.__class__(self.data.strip(sep))
+ def strip(self, chars=None): return self.__class__(self.data.strip(chars))
def swapcase(self): return self.__class__(self.data.swapcase())
def title(self): return self.__class__(self.data.title())
def translate(self, *args):