Maybe we should only accept operators as aliases for existing methods. x-y could mean x.removesuffix(y)
I don't think x~y is intuitive enough to use. On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 8:03 AM Stephen J. Turnbull < stephenjturnb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Chris Angelico writes: > > > +1, although it's debatable whether it should be remove suffix or > > remove all. I'd be happy with either. > > If by "remove all" you mean "efefef" - "ef" == "", I think that's a > footgun. Similarly for "efabcd" - "ef" == "abcdef" - "ef". > > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/UGRD4QCDGRPOOCDMLPZ7EXWJFKM22AGO/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/>
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