Remove functions in string module that are also string methods. Also remove:

* all calls to functions in the string module (except maketrans)
 * everything from stropmodule except for maketrans() which is still used

Lib/distutils/mwerkscompiler.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 from types import *
 from distutils.errors import \
      DistutilsExecError, DistutilsPlatformError, \
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@ def _filename_to_abs(self, filename):
             curdir = os.getcwd()
             filename = os.path.join(curdir, filename)
         # Finally remove .. components
-        components = string.split(filename, ':')
+        components = filename.split(':')
         for i in range(1, len(components)):
             if components[i] == '..':
                 components[i] = ''
-        return string.join(components, ':')
+        return ':'.join(components)
 
     def library_dir_option (self, dir):
         """Return the compiler option to add 'dir' to the list of