strip_prefix and strip_suffix I think are the best names from all and work perfectly with auto completion. Common use case: " mailto:ma...@gmail.com".strip().strip_prefix("mailto:";)
On Mar 25 2019, at 4:40 pm, Anders Hovmöller <bo...@killingar.net> wrote: > > > Earlier, Anders wrote: > > I propose naming them strip_prefix() and strip_suffix() and just skip the > > one that does both sides since it makes no sense to me. > > > > This is good, except I prefer subtract_prefix(a, b), truncate_suffix etc. > > And for the two step process prefix_subtractor(a)(b) etc. > I don't understand the logic for "subtract". That's not a thing for > non-numbers. > If you don't think "strip" is good, then I suggest "remove". Or one could > also consider "without" since we're talking about something that removes /if > present/ (making subtract even worse! Subtract doesn't stop at zero). So > "without_prefix()". > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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