Don't use utils.str.chars anymore.

src/ircdb.py

@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ def canonicalCapability(capability):
     assert isCapability(capability), 'got %s' % capability
     return capability.lower()
 
+_unwildcard_remover = utils.str.MultipleRemover('!@*?')
 def unWildcardHostmask(hostmask):
-    return hostmask.translate(utils.str.chars, '!@*?')
+    return _unwildcard_remover(hostmask)
 
 _invert = invertCapability
 class CapabilitySet(set):

src/ircmsgs.py

@@ -602,8 +602,8 @@ def join(channel, key=None, prefix='', msg=None):
         return IrcMsg(prefix=prefix, command='JOIN', args=(channel,), msg=msg)
     else:
         if conf.supybot.protocols.irc.strictRfc():
-            chars = utils.str.chars[128:] + '\x00\r\n\f\t\v '
+            chars = '\x00\r\n\f\t\v '
-            assert not any([x in chars for x in key])
+            assert not any([(ord(x) >= 128 or x in chars) for x in key])
         return IrcMsg(prefix=prefix, command='JOIN',
                       args=(channel, key), msg=msg)
 
@@ -622,9 +622,9 @@ def joins(channels, keys=None, prefix='', msg=None):
                       args=(','.join(channels),), msg=msg)
     else:
         if conf.supybot.protocols.irc.strictRfc():
-            chars = utils.str.chars[128:] + '\x00\r\n\f\t\v '
+            chars = '\x00\r\n\f\t\v '
             for key in keys:
-                assert not any([x in chars for x in key])
+                assert not any([(ord(x) >= 128 or x in chars) for x in key])
         return IrcMsg(prefix=prefix,
                       command='JOIN',
                       args=(','.join(channels), ','.join(keys)), msg=msg)

src/registry.py

@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ class String(Value):
 
     _printable = string.printable[:-4]
     def _needsQuoting(self, s):
-        return s.translate(utils.str.chars, self._printable) and s.strip() != s
+        return any([x not in self._printable for x in s]) and s.strip() != s
 
     def __str__(self):
         s = self.value