Fredrik Lundh wrote: > so, which one is correct ? > > Python 2.4.3 > >>> "".replace("", "a") > '' > >>> u"".replace(u"", u"a") > u'a'
Probably there shouldn't be any "correct" in this case, i.e. the result of replacing an empty string should be undefined (because any string contains infinitely many empty substrings). +0 on raising an exception if you try. -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com