Out of curiosity, is there any kind of equivalent in Python to the StringBuilder class in C#? Here's a quick description from the .NET documentation:
"This class represents a string-like object whose value is a mutable sequence of characters. The value is said to be mutable because it can be modified once it has been created by appending, removing, replacing, or inserting characters." It's used for dealing with large strings that otherwise would cause performance problems if used as regular string objects. I'm just wondering if Python has something like this, or if it is even really necessary. I know there is even some discussion on when exactly StringBuilder becomes useful over regular strings, but I imagine at some point it is good to use. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
