On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 11:34, Alex Hall <alex.moj...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 2:46 AM Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au> wrote:
>
>> On 19May2020 15:43, David Mertz <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote:
>> Reiterating the Python 3.9 suggestion, what about:
>>
>>   salt2 = salt.cutsuffix(('==', '='))
>>
>
> But if the API was there, I agree this would work, not sure what David is
> saying about needing to call twice. On the other hand, this example
> demonstrates well how a tuple is potentially confusing. What happens if you
> call `'abc=='.removesuffix(('=', '=='))`?
>

I assume that was the practical "how to do it now":

foobar.removesuffix('=').removesuffix('=')

would work right now in 3.9 (I think).


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