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Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> wrote:
> Apparently, they took occasion of the introduction of string
> methods to replace the semi-crippled capwords (which only
> capitalizes words _preceded by whitespace_) with the better
> method title, which capitalizes words even when they are
> preceded by punctuation, as well as whitespace.  It seems
> sensible to me -- the need met by .title() is more frequent,
> and if the issue is backwards compatibility, capwords is
> still around (in the semi-obsolescent string module -- only
> semi, because it supplies crucial constants such as digits,
> letters, whitespace, etc).

I didn't know about the 'title' method . . .I'll try that.  I'd rather
use string's built-in methods than (how you put it) the semi-obsolescent
string module.

-- mikeh


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