Sorry one more time (it is early morning and I should drink a cup of coffee first before posting here). Of course it should be `tuple(sorted(('al', 'ical'), key=len, reverse=True))`, I hope it was obvious to everyone from the very beginning.
with kind regards, -gdg вс, 31 мар. 2019 г. в 11:53, Kirill Balunov <kirillbalu...@gmail.com>: > > > вс, 31 мар. 2019 г. в 11:45, Kirill Balunov <kirillbalu...@gmail.com>: > >> >> >> вс, 31 мар. 2019 г. в 11:36, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info>: >> >>> There's a slight problem with that: what happens if more than one suffix >>> matches? E.g. given: >>> >>> "musical".lcut(('al', 'ical')) >>> >>> should the suffix "al" be removed, leaving "music"? (First match wins.) >>> >>> Or should the suffix "ical" be removed, leaving "mus"? (Longest match >>> wins.) >>> >>> >> I think you should choose "First match wins", because in this case you >> can make "Longest match wins" as `"musical".lcut(tuple(sorted(('al, >> 'ical'))))`. But if you choose "Longest match wins" there is no chance >> to achieve "First match wins" behaviour. >> >> with kind regards, >> -gfg >> > > Sorry it should be `.rcut` instead of `.lcut` in > `"musical".*rcut*(tuple(sorted(('al, > 'ical'))))` at the first place. I will prefer names `.lstrip` and `.rstrip` > instead of *cut versions. > > with kind regards, > -gdg >
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