diff Lib/string.py @ 26107:ef3f6929fc0e legacy-trunk

Make strip behave as documented. Will backport to 2.2.3.
author Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>
date Fri, 08 Nov 2002 12:09:59 +0000
parents af20aeaaa982
children a5d1e0814061
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--- a/Lib/string.py	Fri Nov 08 05:49:47 2002 +0000
+++ b/Lib/string.py	Fri Nov 08 12:09:59 2002 +0000
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@
     return s.swapcase()
 
 # Strip leading and trailing tabs and spaces
-def strip(s):
+def strip(s, chars=None):
     """strip(s) -> string
 
     Return a copy of the string s with leading and trailing
     whitespace removed.
 
     """
-    return s.strip()
+    return s.strip(chars)
 
 # Strip leading tabs and spaces
 def lstrip(s):