How do I case fold a string in Python 2?

Question

Python 3.3 adds the casefold method to the str type, but in 2.x I don\'t have anything. What\'s the best way to work around this?

Answer 1

There is a thread here which covers some of the issues (but may not resolve all), you can judge whether it is suitable for what you need. If this is no good then there are some useful tips for implementing case folding on the W3C site here.