Raymond Hettinger wrote:
On Sep 6, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
I think this is what people underestimate. I can't name
applications either - but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
Google code search is pretty good indicator that this method
has near zero uptake. If it dies, I don't think anyone will cry.
Near-zero is not zero, and Terry has already shown some examples of code
which use, or misuse, swapcase.
In any case (pun intended *wink*) this was discussed in December and
Guido expressed little enthusiasm for the idea:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-December/106650.html
I can't exactly defend the existence of swapcase, it does seem to be a
fairly specialised function. But given that it exists, I'm -0.5 on
removal on the basis of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
--
Steven
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