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Author	rhettinger
Recipients	alexs, ezio.melotti, lemburg, loewis, rhettinger, senn
Date	2009年10月14日.20:40:28
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> .swapcase() is just ...err... dumb^h^h^h^h questionably useful. FWIW, it appears that the original use case (as an Emacs macro) was to correct blocks of text where touch typists had accidentally left the CapsLocks key turned on: tHE qUICK bROWN fOX jUMPED oVER tHE lAZY dOG. I agree with the rest of you that Python would be better-off without swapcase().

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> .swapcase() is just ...err... dumb^h^h^h^h questionably useful. 
FWIW, it appears that the original use case (as an Emacs macro) was to
correct blocks of text where touch typists had accidentally left the
CapsLocks key turned on: tHE qUICK bROWN fOX jUMPED oVER tHE lAZY dOG.
I agree with the rest of you that Python would be better-off without
swapcase().

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Date	User	Action	Args
2009年10月14日 20:40:32	rhettinger	set	recipients: + rhettinger, lemburg, loewis, senn, ezio.melotti, alexs
2009年10月14日 20:40:32	rhettinger	set	messageid: <1255552832.07.0.18668404646.issue4610@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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