diff --git a/mercurial/strutil.py b/mercurial/strutil.py
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index e3a29e15fc..0000000000
--- a/mercurial/strutil.py
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-# strutil.py - string utilities for Mercurial
-#
-# Copyright 2006 Vadim Gelfer <vadim.gelfer@gmail.com>
-#
-# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
-# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-def findall(haystack, needle, start=0, end=None):
-    if end is None:
-        end = len(haystack)
-    if end < 0:
-        end += len(haystack)
-    if start < 0:
-        start += len(haystack)
-    while start < end:
-        c = haystack.find(needle, start, end)
-        if c == -1:
-            break
-        yield c
-        start = c + 1
-
-def rfindall(haystack, needle, start=0, end=None):
-    if end is None:
-        end = len(haystack)
-    if end < 0:
-        end += len(haystack)
-    if start < 0:
-        start += len(haystack)
-    while end >= 0:
-        c = haystack.rfind(needle, start, end)
-        if c == -1:
-            break
-        yield c
-        end = c - 1