install warning

[python473@yahoo.com]

I downloaded python 2.4. When attempting to run python interpreter, I
get following:
warning: strop functions are obsolete; use string methods
How do I correct this? Did I do install incorrectly?
Thanks - John

[jepler@unpythonic.net]

Re: install warning

You are importing and using, directly or indirectly, the "strop" module.

Here's an example from the interactive interpreter which triggers the warning:

$ python2.3
Python 2.3.3 (#1, May 7 2004, 10:31:40)
[GCC 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> import strop
>>> strop.strip(" abc ")[/color][/color][/color]
__main__:1: DeprecationWarn ing: strop functions are obsolete; use string methods
'abc'

Most of the things in strop are now simply methods on string objects:[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> " abc ".strip()[/color][/color][/color]
'abc'

Another way to prevent the warning from being printed is through use of the
'warnings' module, which is documented on docs.python.org .

Jeff

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