> On 31 Mar 2019, at 21:32, Christopher Barker <python...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > without_prefix > without_suffix > > They're a little longer, but IMO "without" helps > reenforce the immutability of the underlying string. None > of these functions actually remove part of the original > string, but rather they return a new string that's the > original string without some piece of it. > > Which is the case for EVERY string method— we do need to get all wordy for > just these two.
Agreed! Let’s not remake the mistakes of the past in order to try to keep consistency. / Anders
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