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Add warning about use of lowercase/uppercase with maketrans().

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Guido van Rossum 1998-06-11 16:03:30 +00:00
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@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ Return a translation table suitable for passing to
\function{translate()} or \function{regex.compile()}, that will map \function{translate()} or \function{regex.compile()}, that will map
each character in \var{from} into the character at the same position each character in \var{from} into the character at the same position
in \var{to}; \var{from} and \var{to} must have the same length. in \var{to}; \var{from} and \var{to} must have the same length.
\strong{Warning:} don't use strings derived from \code{lowercase} and
\code{uppercase} as arguments; in some locales, these don't have the
same length. For case conversions, always use \function{lower()} and
\function{upper()}.
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{split}{s\optional{, sep\optional{, maxsplit}}} \begin{funcdesc}{split}{s\optional{, sep\optional{, maxsplit}}}