Alexander Belopolsky <belopol...@users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:

>> .swapcase() is just ...err... dumb^h^h^h^h questionably useful. 

> I agree with the rest of you that Python would be better-off
> without swapcase().

As long as str.upper/lower are based only on UnicodeData.txt 1-to-1 mappings, 
existence of str.swapcase() indicates to the users that they should not expect 
many-to-1 mappings.  Also it does seem to be occasionally used for testing.  -0 
on removing it.

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nosy: +belopolsky

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