Feature Requests item #1237680, was opened at 2005-07-13 18:48 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by birkenfeld You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=355470&aid=1237680&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Interpreter Core Group: None >Status: Closed >Resolution: Rejected Priority: 5 Submitted By: Reinhold Birkenfeld (birkenfeld) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: add dedent() string method Initial Comment: textwrap.dedent() is very useful for in-code multi-line string literals. However, as it is "hidden" in a module it does not really fit in, people don't use it and instead propose new string literal syntax for "dedented". str.dedent with an efficient C implementation would solve this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Reinhold Birkenfeld (birkenfeld) Date: 2005-09-15 07:45 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1188172 Rejected as per discussion on python-dev. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) Date: 2005-07-13 23:53 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=80475 -1 * Being a top level function in a module doesn't count as hidden. This is no more hidden than collections.deque, glob.glob, or re.sub. * The API requirements are looser in a textwrap context. For a string method, there would need to be a universally useful decision about how to handle mixed spaces and tabs and whether the first line of a triple-quoted string would be handled differently. Am not sure if universal newlines present any additional issues. * The world-view of the string module is character oriented, not line oriented. A dedent method() is not a perfect fit. * While the topic comes up every few years, in general, there is no user demand for this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=355470&aid=1237680&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
