Remove old string module

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-# module 'string' -- A collection of string operations
-
-# Warning: most of the code you see here isn't normally used nowadays.  With
-# Python 1.6, many of these functions are implemented as methods on the
-# standard string object. They used to be implemented by a built-in module
-# called strop, but strop is now obsolete itself.
-
-"""Common string manipulations.
-
-Public module variables:
-
-whitespace -- a string containing all characters considered whitespace
-lowercase -- a string containing all characters considered lowercase letters
-uppercase -- a string containing all characters considered uppercase letters
-letters -- a string containing all characters considered letters
-digits -- a string containing all characters considered decimal digits
-hexdigits -- a string containing all characters considered hexadecimal digits
-octdigits -- a string containing all characters considered octal digits
-
-"""
-
-# Some strings for ctype-style character classification
-whitespace = ' \t\n\r\v\f'
-lowercase = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
-uppercase = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
-letters = lowercase + uppercase
-digits = '0123456789'
-hexdigits = digits + 'abcdef' + 'ABCDEF'
-octdigits = '01234567'
-
-# Case conversion helpers
-_idmap = ''
-for i in range(256): _idmap = _idmap + chr(i)
-del i
-
-# Backward compatible names for exceptions
-index_error = ValueError
-atoi_error = ValueError
-atof_error = ValueError
-atol_error = ValueError
-
-# convert UPPER CASE letters to lower case
-def lower(s):
-    """lower(s) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s converted to lowercase.
-
-    """
-    return s.lower()
-
-# Convert lower case letters to UPPER CASE
-def upper(s):
-    """upper(s) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s converted to uppercase.
-
-    """
-    return s.upper()
-
-# Swap lower case letters and UPPER CASE
-def swapcase(s):
-    """swapcase(s) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s with upper case characters
-    converted to lowercase and vice versa.
-
-    """
-    return s.swapcase()
-
-# Strip leading and trailing tabs and spaces
-def strip(s):
-    """strip(s) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s with leading and trailing
-    whitespace removed.
-
-    """
-    return s.strip()
-
-# Strip leading tabs and spaces
-def lstrip(s):
-    """lstrip(s) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s with leading whitespace removed.
-
-    """
-    return s.lstrip()
-
-# Strip trailing tabs and spaces
-def rstrip(s):
-    """rstrip(s) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s with trailing whitespace
-    removed.
-
-    """
-    return s.rstrip()
-
-
-# Split a string into a list of space/tab-separated words
-def split(s, sep=None, maxsplit=0):
-    """split(str [,sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings
-
-    Return a list of the words in the string s, using sep as the
-    delimiter string.  If maxsplit is nonzero, splits into at most
-    maxsplit words If sep is not specified, any whitespace string
-    is a separator.  Maxsplit defaults to 0.
-
-    (split and splitfields are synonymous)
-
-    """
-    return s.split(sep, maxsplit)
-splitfields = split
-
-# Join fields with optional separator
-def join(words, sep = ' '):
-    """join(list [,sep]) -> string
-
-    Return a string composed of the words in list, with
-    intervening occurrences of sep.  The default separator is a
-    single space.
-
-    (joinfields and join are synonymous)
-
-    """
-    return sep.join(words)
-joinfields = join
-
-# Find substring, raise exception if not found
-def index(s, *args):
-    """index(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
-
-    Like find but raises ValueError when the substring is not found.
-
-    """
-    return s.index(*args)
-
-# Find last substring, raise exception if not found
-def rindex(s, *args):
-    """rindex(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
-
-    Like rfind but raises ValueError when the substring is not found.
-
-    """
-    return s.rindex(*args)
-
-# Count non-overlapping occurrences of substring
-def count(s, *args):
-    """count(s, sub[, start[,end]]) -> int
-
-    Return the number of occurrences of substring sub in string
-    s[start:end].  Optional arguments start and end are
-    interpreted as in slice notation.
-
-    """
-    return s.count(*args)
-
-# Find substring, return -1 if not found
-def find(s, *args):
-    """find(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> in
-
-    Return the lowest index in s where substring sub is found,
-    such that sub is contained within s[start,end].  Optional
-    arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.
-
-    Return -1 on failure.
-
-    """
-    return s.find(*args)
-
-# Find last substring, return -1 if not found
-def rfind(s, *args):
-    """rfind(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
-
-    Return the highest index in s where substring sub is found,
-    such that sub is contained within s[start,end].  Optional
-    arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.
-
-    Return -1 on failure.
-
-    """
-    return s.rfind(*args)
-
-# for a bit of speed
-_float = float
-_int = int
-_long = int
-_StringType = type('')
-
-# Convert string to float
-def atof(s):
-    """atof(s) -> float
-
-    Return the floating point number represented by the string s.
-
-    """
-    if type(s) == _StringType:
-        return _float(s)
-    else:
-        raise TypeError('argument 1: expected string, %s found' %
-                        type(s).__name__)
-
-# Convert string to integer
-def atoi(*args):
-    """atoi(s [,base]) -> int
-
-    Return the integer represented by the string s in the given
-    base, which defaults to 10.  The string s must consist of one
-    or more digits, possibly preceded by a sign.  If base is 0, it
-    is chosen from the leading characters of s, 0 for octal, 0x or
-    0X for hexadecimal.  If base is 16, a preceding 0x or 0X is
-    accepted.
-
-    """
-    try:
-        s = args[0]
-    except IndexError:
-        raise TypeError('function requires at least 1 argument: %d given' %
-                        len(args))
-    # Don't catch type error resulting from too many arguments to int().  The
-    # error message isn't compatible but the error type is, and this function
-    # is complicated enough already.
-    if type(s) == _StringType:
-        return _int(*args)
-    else:
-        raise TypeError('argument 1: expected string, %s found' %
-                        type(s).__name__)
-
-
-# Convert string to long integer
-def atol(*args):
-    """atol(s [,base]) -> long
-
-    Return the long integer represented by the string s in the
-    given base, which defaults to 10.  The string s must consist
-    of one or more digits, possibly preceded by a sign.  If base
-    is 0, it is chosen from the leading characters of s, 0 for
-    octal, 0x or 0X for hexadecimal.  If base is 16, a preceding
-    0x or 0X is accepted.  A trailing L or l is not accepted,
-    unless base is 0.
-
-    """
-    try:
-        s = args[0]
-    except IndexError:
-        raise TypeError('function requires at least 1 argument: %d given' %
-                        len(args))
-    # Don't catch type error resulting from too many arguments to long().  The
-    # error message isn't compatible but the error type is, and this function
-    # is complicated enough already.
-    if type(s) == _StringType:
-        return _long(*args)
-    else:
-        raise TypeError('argument 1: expected string, %s found' %
-                        type(s).__name__)
-
-
-# Left-justify a string
-def ljust(s, width):
-    """ljust(s, width) -> string
-
-    Return a left-justified version of s, in a field of the
-    specified width, padded with spaces as needed.  The string is
-    never truncated.
-
-    """
-    n = width - len(s)
-    if n <= 0: return s
-    return s + ' '*n
-
-# Right-justify a string
-def rjust(s, width):
-    """rjust(s, width) -> string
-
-    Return a right-justified version of s, in a field of the
-    specified width, padded with spaces as needed.  The string is
-    never truncated.
-
-    """
-    n = width - len(s)
-    if n <= 0: return s
-    return ' '*n + s
-
-# Center a string
-def center(s, width):
-    """center(s, width) -> string
-
-    Return a center version of s, in a field of the specified
-    width. padded with spaces as needed.  The string is never
-    truncated.
-
-    """
-    n = width - len(s)
-    if n <= 0: return s
-    half = n/2
-    if n%2 and width%2:
-        # This ensures that center(center(s, i), j) = center(s, j)
-        half = half+1
-    return ' '*half +  s + ' '*(n-half)
-
-# Zero-fill a number, e.g., (12, 3) --> '012' and (-3, 3) --> '-03'
-# Decadent feature: the argument may be a string or a number
-# (Use of this is deprecated; it should be a string as with ljust c.s.)
-def zfill(x, width):
-    """zfill(x, width) -> string
-
-    Pad a numeric string x with zeros on the left, to fill a field
-    of the specified width.  The string x is never truncated.
-
-    """
-    if type(x) == type(''): s = x
-    else: s = repr(x)
-    n = len(s)
-    if n >= width: return s
-    sign = ''
-    if s[0] in ('-', '+'):
-        sign, s = s[0], s[1:]
-    return sign + '0'*(width-n) + s
-
-# Expand tabs in a string.
-# Doesn't take non-printing chars into account, but does understand \n.
-def expandtabs(s, tabsize=8):
-    """expandtabs(s [,tabsize]) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s with all tab characters replaced
-    by the appropriate number of spaces, depending on the current
-    column, and the tabsize (default 8).
-
-    """
-    res = line = ''
-    for c in s:
-        if c == '\t':
-            c = ' '*(tabsize - len(line) % tabsize)
-        line = line + c
-        if c == '\n':
-            res = res + line
-            line = ''
-    return res + line
-
-# Character translation through look-up table.
-def translate(s, table, deletions=""):
-    """translate(s,table [,deletechars]) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s, where all characters occurring
-    in the optional argument deletechars are removed, and the
-    remaining characters have been mapped through the given
-    translation table, which must be a string of length 256.
-
-    """
-    return s.translate(table, deletions)
-
-# Capitalize a string, e.g. "aBc  dEf" -> "Abc  def".
-def capitalize(s):
-    """capitalize(s) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s with only its first character
-    capitalized.
-
-    """
-    return s.capitalize()
-
-# Capitalize the words in a string, e.g. " aBc  dEf " -> "Abc Def".
-def capwords(s, sep=None):
-    """capwords(s, [sep]) -> string
-
-    Split the argument into words using split, capitalize each
-    word using capitalize, and join the capitalized words using
-    join. Note that this replaces runs of whitespace characters by
-    a single space.
-
-    """
-    return join(map(capitalize, s.split(sep)), sep or ' ')
-
-# Construct a translation string
-_idmapL = None
-def maketrans(fromstr, tostr):
-    """maketrans(frm, to) -> string
-
-    Return a translation table (a string of 256 bytes long)
-    suitable for use in string.translate.  The strings frm and to
-    must be of the same length.
-
-    """
-    if len(fromstr) != len(tostr):
-        raise ValueError, "maketrans arguments must have same length"
-    global _idmapL
-    if not _idmapL:
-        _idmapL = map(None, _idmap)
-    L = _idmapL[:]
-    fromstr = map(ord, fromstr)
-    for i in range(len(fromstr)):
-        L[fromstr[i]] = tostr[i]
-    return join(L, "")
-
-# Substring replacement (global)
-def replace(s, old, new, maxsplit=0):
-    """replace (str, old, new[, maxsplit]) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of string str with all occurrences of substring
-    old replaced by new. If the optional argument maxsplit is
-    given, only the first maxsplit occurrences are replaced.
-
-    """
-    return s.replace(old, new, maxsplit)
-
-
-# XXX: transitional
-#
-# If string objects do not have methods, then we need to use the old string.py
-# library, which uses strop for many more things than just the few outlined
-# below.
-try:
-    ''.upper
-except AttributeError:
-    from stringold import *
-
-# Try importing optional built-in module "strop" -- if it exists,
-# it redefines some string operations that are 100-1000 times faster.
-# It also defines values for whitespace, lowercase and uppercase
-# that match <ctype.h>'s definitions.
-
-try:
-    from strop import maketrans, lowercase, uppercase, whitespace
-    letters = lowercase + uppercase
-except ImportError:
-    pass                                          # Use the original versions