Index: Lib/string.py
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RCS file: /cvsroot/jython/jython/Lib/string.py,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.8 string.py
--- Lib/string.py	2000/09/30 10:40:20	1.8
+++ Lib/string.py	2002/01/07 05:41:40
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 
 Public module variables:
 
+ascii_letters -- The concatenation of the ascii_lowercase and ascii_uppercase
+  constants described below. This value is not locale-dependent.
+ascii_lowercase -- a string containing all characters considered lowercase
+  letters that is not locale-dependent and will not change.
+ascii_uppercase -- a string containing all characters considered uppercase
+  letters that is not locale-dependent and will not change.
+digits
 whitespace -- a string containing all characters considered whitespace
 lowercase -- a string containing all characters considered lowercase letters
 uppercase -- a string containing all characters considered uppercase letters
@@ -27,6 +34,11 @@
 digits = '0123456789'
 hexdigits = digits + 'abcdef' + 'ABCDEF'
 octdigits = '01234567'
+
+# not set to 'lowercase' or 'uppercase' because they can change
+ascii_lowercase = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+ascii_uppercase = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
+ascii_letters = ascii_lowercase + ascii_uppercase
 
 # Case conversion helpers
 _idmap = ''