On 5/24/06, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> so, which one is correct ?
>
> Python 2.4.3
> >>> "".replace("", "a")
> ''
> >>> u"".replace(u"", u"a")
> u'a'
Since 'x'.replace('', 'a') and u'x'.replace('', u'a') return 'axa' and
u'axa', respectively, I conclude that the unicode version is correct
and the 8-bit string version is an anomaly.
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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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