Move 2.0 changes collected in branches/pending back to trunk for further

development.  Note that this set of changes is NOT backward-compatible;
the trunk no longer works with Python 1.5.2, 2.0, or 2.1.

12 files changed, 109 insertions, 111 deletions

diff --git a/bin/SConsDoc.py b/bin/SConsDoc.py
index 3f64a258..d164d11e 100644
--- a/bin/SConsDoc.py
+++ b/bin/SConsDoc.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Module for handling SCons documentation processing.
 #
+from __future__ import generators  ### KEEP FOR COMPATIBILITY FIXERS
 
 __doc__ = """
 This module parses home-brew XML files that document various things
@@ -218,8 +219,8 @@ class SConsDocHandler(xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler,
         self._start_dispatch = {}
         self._end_dispatch = {}
         keys = self.__class__.__dict__.keys()
-        start_tag_method_names = filter(lambda k: k[:6] == 'start_', keys)
-        end_tag_method_names = filter(lambda k: k[:4] == 'end_', keys)
+        start_tag_method_names = [k for k in keys if k[:6] == 'start_']
+        end_tag_method_names = [k for k in keys if k[:4] == 'end_']
         for method_name in start_tag_method_names:
             tag = method_name[6:]
             self._start_dispatch[tag] = getattr(self, method_name)
diff --git a/bin/import-test.py b/bin/import-test.py
index 839d2ad3..fe5ea2fd 100644
--- a/bin/import-test.py
+++ b/bin/import-test.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def print_files(dir):
         if not d:
             l = dir.path + [n]
             sys.stdout.write('\ntest.write(%s, """\\\n' % l)
-            p = os.path.join(*([directory] + l))
+            p = os.path.join(directory, *l)
             sys.stdout.write(open(p, 'r').read())
             sys.stdout.write('""")\n')
     dir.call_for_each_entry(print_a_file)
diff --git a/bin/linecount.py b/bin/linecount.py
index 33f9f737..715d2072 100644
--- a/bin/linecount.py
+++ b/bin/linecount.py
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 # non-comment lines.  The last figure (non-comment) lines is the most
 # interesting one for most purposes.
 #
+from __future__ import generators  ### KEEP FOR COMPATIBILITY FIXERS
 
 __revision__ = "__FILE__ __REVISION__ __DATE__ __DEVELOPER__"
 
 import os.path
-import string
 
 fmt = "%-16s  %5s  %7s  %9s  %11s  %11s"
 
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ sources = Collection('sources', pred=is_source)
 def t(arg, dirname, names):
     try: names.remove('.svn')
     except ValueError: pass
-    names = filter(arg, names)
-    arg.extend(map(lambda n, d=dirname: os.path.join(d, n), names))
+    names = list(filter(arg, names))
+    arg.extend([os.path.join(dirname, n) for n in names])
 
 os.path.walk('src', t, src_Tests_py_tests)
 os.path.walk('src', t, src_test_tests)
diff --git a/bin/memoicmp.py b/bin/memoicmp.py
index f45ecb09..812af665 100644
--- a/bin/memoicmp.py
+++ b/bin/memoicmp.py
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
-# A script to compare the --debug=memoizer output found int
+# A script to compare the --debug=memoizer output found in
 # two different files.
 
-import sys,string
+import sys
 
 def memoize_output(fname):
-        mout = {}
-        lines=filter(lambda words:
-                     len(words) == 5 and
-                     words[1] == 'hits' and words[3] == 'misses',
-                     map(string.split, open(fname,'r').readlines()))
-        for line in lines:
-                mout[line[-1]] = ( int(line[0]), int(line[2]) )
-        return mout
+    mout = {}
+    #lines=filter(lambda words:
+    #             len(words) == 5 and
+    #             words[1] == 'hits' and words[3] == 'misses',
+    #             map(string.split, open(fname,'r').readlines()))
+    #for line in lines:
+    #    mout[line[-1]] = ( int(line[0]), int(line[2]) )
+    for line in open(fname,'r').readlines():
+        words = line.split()
+        if len(words) == 5 and words[1] == 'hits' and words[3] == 'misses':
+            mout[words[-1]] = ( int(words[0]), int(words[2]) )
+    return mout
 
-        
 def memoize_cmp(filea, fileb):
         ma = memoize_output(filea)
         mb = memoize_output(fileb)
diff --git a/bin/objcounts.py b/bin/objcounts.py
index ca814b44..c1f2dd56 100644
--- a/bin/objcounts.py
+++ b/bin/objcounts.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def fetch_counts(fname):
     list = [l.split() for l in lines if re.match('\s+\d', l)]
     d = {}
     for l in list:
-        d[l[-1]] = map(int, l[:-1])
+        d[l[-1]] = list(map(int, l[:-1]))
     return d
 
 c1 = fetch_counts(sys.argv[1])
diff --git a/bin/scons-diff.py b/bin/scons-diff.py
index 7c603083..d1e48cf5 100644
--- a/bin/scons-diff.py
+++ b/bin/scons-diff.py
@@ -97,15 +97,15 @@ def simple_diff(a, b, fromfile='', tofile='',
     for op, a1, a2, b1, b2 in sm.get_opcodes():
         if op == 'delete':
             result.append("%sd%d\n" % (comma(a1, a2), b1))
-            result.extend(map(lambda l: '< ' + l, a[a1:a2]))
+            result.extend(['< ' + l for l in a[a1:a2]])
         elif op == 'insert':
             result.append("%da%s\n" % (a1, comma(b1, b2)))
-            result.extend(map(lambda l: '> ' + l, b[b1:b2]))
+            result.extend(['> ' + l for l in b[b1:b2]])
         elif op == 'replace':
             result.append("%sc%s\n" % (comma(a1, a2), comma(b1, b2)))
-            result.extend(map(lambda l: '< ' + l, a[a1:a2]))
+            result.extend(['< ' + l for l in a[a1:a2]])
             result.append('---\n')
-            result.extend(map(lambda l: '> ' + l, b[b1:b2]))
+            result.extend(['> ' + l for l in b[b1:b2]])
     return result
 
 diff_map = {
diff --git a/bin/scons-doc.py b/bin/scons-doc.py
index e385b081..f140743e 100644
--- a/bin/scons-doc.py
+++ b/bin/scons-doc.py
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@
 # Error output gets passed through to your error output so you
 # can see if there are any problems executing the command.
 #
+from __future__ import generators  ### KEEP FOR COMPATIBILITY FIXERS
 
 import optparse
 import os
 import re
 import sgmllib
-import string
 import sys
 import time
 
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ Prompt = {
 Stdin = """\
 import os
 import re
-import string
 import SCons.Action
 import SCons.Defaults
 import SCons.Node.FS
@@ -231,7 +230,7 @@ class Curry:
         else:
             kw = kwargs or self.kwargs
 
-        return apply(self.fun, self.pending + args, kw)
+        return self.fun(*self.pending + args, **kw)
 
 def Str(target, source, env, cmd=""):
     result = []
@@ -304,7 +303,7 @@ def JavaCCom(target, source, env):
     #   public class FooBar
     # lines in the source file(s) and spits those out
     # to .class files named after the class.
-    tlist = map(str, target)
+    tlist = list(map(str, target))
     not_copied = {}
     for t in tlist:
        not_copied[t] = 1
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ def JavaCCom(target, source, env):
         contents = open(src, "rb").read()
         classes = public_class_re.findall(contents)
         for c in classes:
-            for t in filter(lambda x: string.find(x, c) != -1, tlist):
+            for t in [x for x in tlist if x.find(c) != -1]:
                 open(t, "wb").write(contents)
                 del not_copied[t]
     for t in not_copied.keys():
@@ -326,7 +325,7 @@ def JavaHCom(target, source, env):
 
 def find_class_files(arg, dirname, names):
     class_files = filter(lambda n: n[-6:] == '.class', names)
-    paths = map(lambda n, d=dirname: os.path.join(d, n), class_files)
+    paths = map(lambda n: os.path.join(dirname, n), class_files)
     arg.extend(paths)
 
 def JarCom(target, source, env):
@@ -382,9 +381,9 @@ ToolList = {
 toollist = ToolList[platform]
 filter_tools = string.split('%(tools)s')
 if filter_tools:
-    toollist = filter(lambda x, ft=filter_tools: x[0] in ft, toollist)
+    toollist = [x for x in toollist if x[0] in filter_tools]
 
-toollist = map(lambda t: apply(ToolSurrogate, t), toollist)
+toollist = [ToolSurrogate(*t) for t in toollist]
 
 toollist.append('install')
 
@@ -413,8 +412,8 @@ def command_scons(args, c, test, dict):
     except AttributeError:
         pass
     else:
-        for arg in string.split(c.environment):
-            key, val = string.split(arg, '=')
+        for arg in c.environment.split():
+            key, val = arg.split('=')
             try:
                 save_vals[key] = os.environ[key]
             except KeyError:
@@ -427,17 +426,17 @@ def command_scons(args, c, test, dict):
              # warnings that come from the new revamped VS support so
              # we can build doc on (Linux) systems that don't have
              # Visual C installed.
-             arguments = '--warn=no-visual-c-missing -f - ' + string.join(args),
+             arguments = '--warn=no-visual-c-missing -f - ' + ' '.join(args),
              chdir = test.workpath('WORK'),
              stdin = Stdin % dict)
     os.environ.update(save_vals)
     for key in delete_keys:
         del(os.environ[key])
     out = test.stdout()
-    out = string.replace(out, test.workpath('ROOT'), '')
-    out = string.replace(out, test.workpath('WORK/SConstruct'),
+    out = out.replace(test.workpath('ROOT'), '')
+    out = out.replace(test.workpath('WORK/SConstruct'),
                               '/home/my/project/SConstruct')
-    lines = string.split(out, '\n')
+    lines = out.split('\n')
     if lines:
         while lines[-1] == '':
             lines = lines[:-1]
@@ -479,9 +478,9 @@ def command_edit(args, c, test, dict):
 def command_ls(args, c, test, dict):
     def ls(a):
         files = os.listdir(a)
-        files = filter(lambda x: x[0] != '.', files)
+        files = [x for x in files if x[0] != '.']
         files.sort()
-        return [string.join(files, '  ')]
+        return ['  '.join(files)]
     if args:
         l = []
         for a in args:
@@ -569,7 +568,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
     # handle the begin-end tags of our SCons examples.
 
     def start_scons_example(self, attrs):
-        t = filter(lambda t: t[0] == 'name', attrs)
+        t = [t for t in attrs if t[0] == 'name']
         if t:
             name = t[0][1]
             try:
@@ -585,7 +584,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
 
     def end_scons_example(self):
         e = self.e
-        files = filter(lambda f: f.printme, e.files)
+        files = [f for f in e.files if f.printme]
         if files:
             self.outfp.write('<programlisting>')
             for f in files:
@@ -593,9 +592,9 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
                     i = len(f.data) - 1
                     while f.data[i] == ' ':
                         i = i - 1
-                    output = string.replace(f.data[:i+1], '__ROOT__', '')
-                    output = string.replace(output, '<', '&lt;')
-                    output = string.replace(output, '>', '&gt;')
+                    output = f.data[:i+1].replace('__ROOT__', '')
+                    output = output.replace('<', '&lt;')
+                    output = output.replace('>', '&gt;')
                     self.outfp.write(output)
             if e.data and e.data[0] == '\n':
                 e.data = e.data[1:]
@@ -608,7 +607,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
             e = self.e
         except AttributeError:
             self.error("<file> tag outside of <scons_example>")
-        t = filter(lambda t: t[0] == 'name', attrs)
+        t = [t for t in attrs if t[0] == 'name']
         if not t:
             self.error("no <file> name attribute found")
         try:
@@ -632,7 +631,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
             e = self.e
         except AttributeError:
             self.error("<directory> tag outside of <scons_example>")
-        t = filter(lambda t: t[0] == 'name', attrs)
+        t = [t for t in attrs if t[0] == 'name']
         if not t:
             self.error("no <directory> name attribute found")
         try:
@@ -651,7 +650,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
         self.afunclist = self.afunclist[:-1]
 
     def start_scons_example_file(self, attrs):
-        t = filter(lambda t: t[0] == 'example', attrs)
+        t = [t for t in attrs if t[0] == 'example']
         if not t:
             self.error("no <scons_example_file> example attribute found")
         exname = t[0][1]
@@ -659,11 +658,11 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
             e = self.examples[exname]
         except KeyError:
             self.error("unknown example name '%s'" % exname)
-        fattrs = filter(lambda t: t[0] == 'name', attrs)
+        fattrs = [t for t in attrs if t[0] == 'name']
         if not fattrs:
             self.error("no <scons_example_file> name attribute found")
         fname = fattrs[0][1]
-        f = filter(lambda f, fname=fname: f.name == fname, e.files)
+        f = [f for f in e.files if f.name == fname]
         if not f:
             self.error("example '%s' does not have a file named '%s'" % (exname, fname))
         self.f = f[0]
@@ -675,7 +674,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
         delattr(self, 'f')
 
     def start_scons_output(self, attrs):
-        t = filter(lambda t: t[0] == 'example', attrs)
+        t = [t for t in attrs if t[0] == 'example']
         if not t:
             self.error("no <scons_output> example attribute found")
         exname = t[0][1]
@@ -704,7 +703,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
         if o.preserve:
             t.preserve()
         t.subdir('ROOT', 'WORK')
-        t.rootpath = string.replace(t.workpath('ROOT'), '\\', '\\\\')
+        t.rootpath = t.workpath('ROOT').replace('\\', '\\\\')
 
         for d in e.dirs:
             dir = t.workpath('WORK', d.name)
@@ -715,19 +714,19 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
             i = 0
             while f.data[i] == '\n':
                 i = i + 1
-            lines = string.split(f.data[i:], '\n')
+            lines = f.data[i:].split('\n')
             i = 0
             while lines[0][i] == ' ':
                 i = i + 1
-            lines = map(lambda l, i=i: l[i:], lines)
-            path = string.replace(f.name, '__ROOT__', t.rootpath)
+            lines = [l[i:] for l in lines]
+            path = f.name.replace('__ROOT__', t.rootpath)
             if not os.path.isabs(path):
                 path = t.workpath('WORK', path)
             dir, name = os.path.split(path)
             if dir and not os.path.exists(dir):
                 os.makedirs(dir)
-            content = string.join(lines, '\n')
-            content = string.replace(content, '__ROOT__', t.rootpath)
+            content = '\n'.join(lines)
+            content = content.replace('__ROOT__', t.rootpath)
             path = t.workpath('WORK', path)
             t.write(path, content)
             if hasattr(f, 'chmod'):
@@ -761,24 +760,24 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
 
         for c in o.commandlist:
             self.outfp.write(p + Prompt[o.os])
-            d = string.replace(c.data, '__ROOT__', '')
+            d = c.data.replace('__ROOT__', '')
             self.outfp.write('<userinput>' + d + '</userinput>\n')
 
-            e = string.replace(c.data, '__ROOT__', t.workpath('ROOT'))
-            args = string.split(e)
+            e = c.data.replace('__ROOT__', t.workpath('ROOT'))
+            args = e.split()
             lines = ExecuteCommand(args, c, t, {'osname':o.os, 'tools':o.tools})
             content = None
             if c.output:
                 content = c.output
             elif lines:
-                content = string.join(lines, '\n' + p)
+                content = ( '\n' + p).join(lines)
             if content:
                 content = address_re.sub(r' at 0x700000&gt;', content)
                 content = engine_re.sub(r' File "bootstrap/src/engine/SCons/', content)
                 content = file_re.sub(r'\1 <module>', content)
                 content = nodelist_re.sub(r"\1 'NodeList' object \2", content)
-                content = string.replace(content, '<', '&lt;')
-                content = string.replace(content, '>', '&gt;')
+                content = content.replace('<', '&lt;')
+                content = content.replace('>', '&gt;')
                 self.outfp.write(p + content + '\n')
 
         if o.data[0] == '\n':
@@ -815,7 +814,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
     def end_sconstruct(self):
         f = self.f
         self.outfp.write('<programlisting>')
-        output = string.replace(f.data, '__ROOT__', '')
+        output = f.data.replace('__ROOT__', '')
         self.outfp.write(output + '</programlisting>')
         delattr(self, 'f')
         self.afunclist = self.afunclist[:-1]
diff --git a/bin/scons-proc.py b/bin/scons-proc.py
index 15f22b76..52d326c0 100644
--- a/bin/scons-proc.py
+++ b/bin/scons-proc.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import getopt
 import os.path
 import re
-import string
 import StringIO
 import sys
 import xml.sax
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ class SCons_XML:
 
 class SCons_XML_to_XML(SCons_XML):
     def write(self, files):
-        gen, mod = string.split(files, ',')
+        gen, mod = files.split(',')
         g.write_gen(gen)
         g.write_mod(mod)
     def write_gen(self, filename):
@@ -157,12 +156,12 @@ class SCons_XML_to_XML(SCons_XML):
             for chunk in v.summary.body:
                 f.write(str(chunk))
             if v.sets:
-                s = map(lambda x: '&cv-link-%s;' % x, v.sets)
+                s = ['&cv-link-%s;' % x for x in v.sets]
                 f.write('<para>\n')
                 f.write('Sets:  ' + ', '.join(s) + '.\n')
                 f.write('</para>\n')
             if v.uses:
-                u = map(lambda x: '&cv-link-%s;' % x, v.uses)
+                u = ['&cv-link-%s;' % x for x in v.uses]
                 f.write('<para>\n')
                 f.write('Uses:  ' + ', '.join(u) + '.\n')
                 f.write('</para>\n')
@@ -216,15 +215,15 @@ class SCons_XML_to_man(SCons_XML):
         for v in self.values:
             chunks.extend(v.mansep())
             chunks.extend(v.initial_chunks())
-            chunks.extend(map(str, v.summary.body))
+            chunks.extend(list(map(str, v.summary.body)))
 
         body = ''.join(chunks)
-        body = string.replace(body, '<programlisting>', '.ES')
-        body = string.replace(body, '</programlisting>', '.EE')
-        body = string.replace(body, '\n</para>\n<para>\n', '\n\n')
-        body = string.replace(body, '<para>\n', '')
-        body = string.replace(body, '<para>', '\n')
-        body = string.replace(body, '</para>\n', '')
+        body = body.replace('<programlisting>', '.ES')
+        body = body.replace('</programlisting>', '.EE')
+        body = body.replace('\n</para>\n<para>\n', '\n\n')
+        body = body.replace('<para>\n', '')
+        body = body.replace('<para>', '\n')
+        body = body.replace('</para>\n', '')
 
         body = string.replace(body, '<variablelist>\n', '.RS 10\n')
         # Handling <varlistentry> needs to be rationalized and made
@@ -241,9 +240,9 @@ class SCons_XML_to_man(SCons_XML):
         body = string.replace(body, '\n.IP\n\'\\"', '\n\n\'\\"')
         body = re.sub('&(scons|SConstruct|SConscript|jar|Make|lambda);', r'\\fB\1\\fP', body)
         body = re.sub('&(TARGET|TARGETS|SOURCE|SOURCES);', r'\\fB$\1\\fP', body)
-        body = string.replace(body, '&Dir;', r'\fBDir\fP')
-        body = string.replace(body, '&target;', r'\fItarget\fP')
-        body = string.replace(body, '&source;', r'\fIsource\fP')
+        body = body.replace('&Dir;', r'\fBDir\fP')
+        body = body.replace('&target;', r'\fItarget\fP')
+        body = body.replace('&source;', r'\fIsource\fP')
         body = re.sub('&b(-link)?-([^;]*);', r'\\fB\2\\fP()', body)
         body = re.sub('&cv(-link)?-([^;]*);', r'$\2', body)
         body = re.sub('&f(-link)?-env-([^;]*);', r'\\fBenv.\2\\fP()', body)
@@ -258,8 +257,8 @@ class SCons_XML_to_man(SCons_XML):
         body = re.compile(r'^(\S+)\\f([BI])(.*)\\fP$', re.M).sub(r'.R\2 \1 \3', body)
         body = re.compile(r'^(\S+)\\f([BI])(.*)\\fP([^\s\\]+)$', re.M).sub(r'.R\2 \1 \3 \4', body)
         body = re.compile(r'^(\.R[BI].*[\S])\s+$;', re.M).sub(r'\1', body)
-        body = string.replace(body, '&lt;', '<')
-        body = string.replace(body, '&gt;', '>')
+        body = body.replace('&lt;', '<')
+        body = body.replace('&gt;', '>')
         body = re.sub(r'\\([^f])', r'\\\\\1', body)
         body = re.compile("^'\\\\\\\\", re.M).sub("'\\\\", body)
         body = re.compile(r'^\.([BI]R?) --', re.M).sub(r'.\1 \-\-', body)
diff --git a/bin/scons-test.py b/bin/scons-test.py
index aa03d72e..8d1950f1 100644
--- a/bin/scons-test.py
+++ b/bin/scons-test.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import getopt
 import imp
 import os
 import os.path
-import string
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ def outname(n, outdir=outdir):
         l.append(tail)
     l.append(outdir)
     l.reverse()
-    return apply(os.path.join, l)
+    return os.path.join(*l)
 
 for name in zf.namelist():
     dest = outname(name)
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ fp.close()
 if not args:
     runtest_args = '-a'
 else:
-    runtest_args = string.join(args)
+    runtest_args = ' '.join(args)
 
 if format == '--xml':
 
diff --git a/bin/scons-unzip.py b/bin/scons-unzip.py
index 28c73f88..c0eb8aa9 100644
--- a/bin/scons-unzip.py
+++ b/bin/scons-unzip.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def outname(n, outdir=outdir):
         l.append(tail)
     l.append(outdir)
     l.reverse()
-    return apply(os.path.join, l)
+    return os.path.join(*l)
 
 for name in zf.namelist():
     dest = outname(name)
diff --git a/bin/sconsexamples.py b/bin/sconsexamples.py
index 0a409bcd..6f20ae96 100644
--- a/bin/sconsexamples.py
+++ b/bin/sconsexamples.py
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@
 # Error output gets passed through to your error output so you
 # can see if there are any problems executing the command.
 #
+from __future__ import generators  ### KEEP FOR COMPATIBILITY FIXERS
 
 import os
 import os.path
 import re
 import sgmllib
-import string
 import sys
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'etc'))
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ Prompt = {
 # command output.
 
 Stdin = """\
-import string
 import SCons.Defaults
 
 platform = '%s'
@@ -174,13 +173,13 @@ class Curry:
         else:
             kw = kwargs or self.kwargs
 
-        return apply(self.fun, self.pending + args, kw)
+        return self.fun(*self.pending + args, **kw)
 
 def Str(target, source, env, cmd=""):
     result = []
     for cmd in env.subst_list(cmd, target=target, source=source):
-        result.append(string.join(map(str, cmd)))
-    return string.join(result, '\\n')
+        result.append(" ".join(map(str, cmd)))
+    return '\\n'.join(result)
 
 class ToolSurrogate:
     def __init__(self, tool, variable, func):
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ ToolList = {
                  ('mslink', 'LINKCOM', Cat)]
 }
 
-tools = map(lambda t: apply(ToolSurrogate, t), ToolList[platform])
+tools = map(lambda t: ToolSurrogate(*t), ToolList[platform])
 
 SCons.Defaults.ConstructionEnvironment.update({
     'PLATFORM' : platform,
@@ -270,7 +269,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
         sys.stdout.write('&#' + ref + ';')
 
     def start_scons_example(self, attrs):
-        t = filter(lambda t: t[0] == 'name', attrs)
+        t = [t for t in attrs if t[0] == 'name']
         if t:
             name = t[0][1]
             try:
@@ -286,7 +285,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
 
     def end_scons_example(self):
         e = self.e
-        files = filter(lambda f: f.printme, e.files)
+        files = [f for f in e.files if f.printme]
         if files:
             sys.stdout.write('<programlisting>')
             for f in files:
@@ -294,7 +293,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
                     i = len(f.data) - 1
                     while f.data[i] == ' ':
                         i = i - 1
-                    output = string.replace(f.data[:i+1], '__ROOT__', '')
+                    output = f.data[:i+1].replace('__ROOT__', '')
                     sys.stdout.write(output)
             if e.data and e.data[0] == '\n':
                 e.data = e.data[1:]
@@ -307,7 +306,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
             e = self.e
         except AttributeError:
             self.error("<file> tag outside of <scons_example>")
-        t = filter(lambda t: t[0] == 'name', attrs)
+        t = [t for t in attrs if t[0] == 'name']
         if not t:
             self.error("no <file> name attribute found")
         try:
@@ -331,7 +330,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
             e = self.e
         except AttributeError:
             self.error("<directory> tag outside of <scons_example>")
-        t = filter(lambda t: t[0] == 'name', attrs)
+        t = [t for t in attrs if t[0] == 'name']
         if not t:
             self.error("no <directory> name attribute found")
         try:
@@ -350,7 +349,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
         self.afunclist = self.afunclist[:-1]
 
     def start_scons_example_file(self, attrs):
-        t = filter(lambda t: t[0] == 'example', attrs)
+        t = [t for t in attrs if t[0] == 'example']
         if not t:
             self.error("no <scons_example_file> example attribute found")
         exname = t[0][1]
@@ -358,11 +357,11 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
             e = self.examples[exname]
         except KeyError:
             self.error("unknown example name '%s'" % exname)
-        fattrs = filter(lambda t: t[0] == 'name', attrs)
+        fattrs = [t for t in attrs if t[0] == 'name']
         if not fattrs:
             self.error("no <scons_example_file> name attribute found")
         fname = fattrs[0][1]
-        f = filter(lambda f, fname=fname: f.name == fname, e.files)
+        f = [f for f in e.files if f.name == fname]
         if not f:
             self.error("example '%s' does not have a file named '%s'" % (exname, fname))
         self.f = f[0]
@@ -377,7 +376,7 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
         delattr(self, 'f')
 
     def start_scons_output(self, attrs):
-        t = filter(lambda t: t[0] == 'example', attrs)
+        t = [t for t in attrs if t[0] == 'example']
         if not t:
             self.error("no <scons_output> example attribute found")
         exname = t[0][1]
@@ -408,20 +407,19 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
             i = 0
             while f.data[i] == '\n':
                 i = i + 1
-            lines = string.split(f.data[i:], '\n')
+            lines = f.data[i:].split('\n')
             i = 0
             while lines[0][i] == ' ':
                 i = i + 1
-            lines = map(lambda l, i=i: l[i:], lines)
-            path = string.replace(f.name, '__ROOT__', t.workpath('ROOT'))
+            lines = [l[i:] for l in lines]
+            path = f.name.replace('__ROOT__', t.workpath('ROOT'))
             dir, name = os.path.split(f.name)
             if dir:
                 dir = t.workpath('WORK', dir)
                 if not os.path.exists(dir):
                     os.makedirs(dir)
-            content = string.join(lines, '\n')
-            content = string.replace(content,
-                                     '__ROOT__',
+            content = '\n'.join(lines)
+            content = content.replace('__ROOT__',
                                      t.workpath('ROOT'))
             t.write(t.workpath('WORK', f.name), content)
         i = len(o.prefix)
@@ -431,19 +429,19 @@ class MySGML(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
         p = o.prefix[i:]
         for c in o.commandlist:
             sys.stdout.write(p + Prompt[o.os])
-            d = string.replace(c.data, '__ROOT__', '')
+            d = c.data.replace('__ROOT__', '')
             sys.stdout.write('<userinput>' + d + '</userinput>\n')
-            e = string.replace(c.data, '__ROOT__', t.workpath('ROOT'))
-            args = string.split(e)[1:]
+            e = c.data.replace('__ROOT__', t.workpath('ROOT'))
+            args = e.split()[1:]
             os.environ['SCONS_LIB_DIR'] = scons_lib_dir
             t.run(interpreter = sys.executable,
                   program = scons_py,
-                  arguments = '-f - ' + string.join(args),
+                  arguments = '-f - ' + ' '.join(args),
                   chdir = t.workpath('WORK'),
                   stdin = Stdin % o.os)
-            out = string.replace(t.stdout(), t.workpath('ROOT'), '')
+            out = t.stdout().replace(t.workpath('ROOT'), '')
             if out:
-                lines = string.split(out, '\n')
+                lines = out.split('\n')
                 if lines:
                     while lines[-1] == '':
                         lines = lines[:-1]
diff --git a/bin/sfsum b/bin/sfsum
index a560b7da..22f43d77 100644
--- a/bin/sfsum
+++ b/bin/sfsum
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 import xml.sax
 import xml.sax.saxutils
-import string
 import sys
 
 SFName = {
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ Artifacts = {}
 def nws(text):
     """Normalize white space.  This will become important if/when
     we enhance this to search for arbitrary fields."""
-    return string.join(string.split(text), ' ')
+    return ' '.join(text.split())
 
 class ClassifyArtifacts(xml.sax.saxutils.DefaultHandler):
     """