> Since '' in 'abc' now returns True, How about changing
> 'abc'.replace('') to generate '_a_b_c_', too? It is consistent with
> re.sub()/subn() and the cost for change is similar to '' in 'abc'
> case.
Do you have a use case? Or are you just striving for consistency? It
would be more consistent but I'm not sure what the point is. I can
think of situations where '' in 'abc' would be needed, but not so for
'abc'.replace('', '_').
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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