Micro-PEP: str.translate(None) to mean identity translation

From: bokr@xxxxxx (Bengt Richter)
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:37:20 GMT

Just thought None as the first argument would be both handy and mnemonic,
signifying no translation, but allowing easy expression of deleting characters,
e.g.,

s = s.translate(None, 'badcharshere')

Regards,
Bengt Richter
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