From 5076740d4ff986bdaaf8df2e69671cadd710f0dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:31:09 +0000 Subject: #4361: fix string.py docstring, clarify that only ASCII characters are in its constants. --- Doc/library/string.rst | 2 +- Lib/string.py | 18 +++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index 63caa4c..37704b0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ The constants defined in this module are: .. data:: whitespace - A string containing all characters that are considered whitespace. + A string containing all ASCII characters that are considered whitespace. This includes the characters space, tab, linefeed, return, formfeed, and vertical tab. diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py index 2044155..ea0d359 100644 --- a/Lib/string.py +++ b/Lib/string.py @@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ 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 -punctuation -- a string containing all characters considered punctuation -printable -- a string containing all characters considered printable +whitespace -- a string containing all ASCII whitespace +ascii_lowercase -- a string containing all ASCII lowercase letters +ascii_uppercase -- a string containing all ASCII uppercase letters +ascii_letters -- a string containing all ASCII letters +digits -- a string containing all ASCII decimal digits +hexdigits -- a string containing all ASCII hexadecimal digits +octdigits -- a string containing all ASCII octal digits +punctuation -- a string containing all ASCII punctuation characters +printable -- a string containing all ASCII characters considered printable """ -- cgit v0.12