windows: use 'str.replace()' instead of combination of split() and join()...
windows: use 'str.replace()' instead of combination of split() and join()
'str.replace()' is twice (or more) as fast as combination of split()
and join().
combination of split() and join() in current 'util.pconvert()'
implementation comes only from historical reason when win32mbcs
extension was introduced.