Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Agreed with Stéphane. Since count() returns 1, resulting string should contain 1 replacement.
Using regular expressions: >>> re.sub('', 'x', '') 'x' >>> re.sub('', 'x', '', 1) 'x' ---------- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28029> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com