Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> The only cases I can remember are files named things like
> "thesis.doc.doc" in GUI environments. ;-)
For edge cases like that, something like
`"thesis.doc.doc".removesuffix(".doc").removesuffix(".doc")` should
suffice, no? It may not be the cleanest looking solution, but IMO, it's
better than over-complicating the method for something that would be used
rarely at best.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:34 AM Stephen J. Turnbull <
turnbull.stephen...@u.tsukuba.ac.jp> wrote:
> Paul Moore writes:
>
> > I've needed to remove one prefix/suffix. I've never needed to remove
> > more than one.
>
> The only cases I can remember are files named things like
> "thesis.doc.doc" in GUI environments. ;-)
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