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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstring.tex b/Doc/lib/libstring.tex index 38a0dbd..7e74c18 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstring.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstring.tex @@ -12,6 +12,22 @@ expressions. The constants defined in this module are: +\begin{datadesc}{ascii_letters} + The concatenation of the \constant{ascii_lowercase} and + \constant{ascii_uppercase} constants described below. This value is + not locale-dependent. +\end{datadesc} + +\begin{datadesc}{ascii_lowercase} + The lowercase letters \code{'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'}. This + value is not locale-dependent and will not change. +\end{datadesc} + +\begin{datadesc}{ascii_uppercase} + The uppercase letters \code{'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'}. This + value is not locale-dependent and will not change. +\end{datadesc} + \begin{datadesc}{digits} The string \code{'0123456789'}. \end{datadesc} @@ -22,7 +38,9 @@ The constants defined in this module are: \begin{datadesc}{letters} The concatenation of the strings \constant{lowercase} and - \constant{uppercase} described below. + \constant{uppercase} described below. The specific value is + locale-dependent, and will be updated when + \function{locale.setlocale()} is called. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{lowercase} @@ -30,7 +48,9 @@ The constants defined in this module are: letters. On most systems this is the string \code{'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'}. Do not change its definition --- the effect on the routines \function{upper()} and - \function{swapcase()} is undefined. + \function{swapcase()} is undefined. The specific value is + locale-dependent, and will be updated when + \function{locale.setlocale()} is called. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{octdigits} @@ -53,7 +73,9 @@ The constants defined in this module are: letters. On most systems this is the string \code{'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'}. Do not change its definition --- the effect on the routines \function{lower()} and - \function{swapcase()} is undefined. + \function{swapcase()} is undefined. The specific value is + locale-dependent, and will be updated when + \function{locale.setlocale()} is called. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{whitespace} |