I've defined functions like this in my own utility library and I use them
all the time, so I think they're very useful and would like to seem them
built in. But I have two functions for each end:
def strip_optional_suffix(string, suffix):
"""
>>> strip_optional_suffix('abcdef', 'def')
On 03/07/2020 05:31 AM, Alex Hall wrote:
I've defined functions like this in my own utility library and I use them
all the time, so I think they're very useful and would like to seem them
built in. But I have two functions for each end:
def strip_optional_suffix(string, suffix):
...
def
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 7:06 AM Ethan Furman wrote:
> On 03/07/2020 05:31 AM, Alex Hall wrote:
>
> > I've defined functions like this in my own utility library and I use them
> > all the time, so I think they're very useful and would like to seem them
> > built in. But I have two functions for e
On 07Mar2020 15:31, Alex Hall wrote:
I've defined functions like this in my own utility library and I use them
all the time, so I think they're very useful and would like to seem them
built in. But I have two functions for each end:
def strip_optional_suffix(string, suffix):
"""
>>> strip
On 07Mar2020 08:26, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Maybe. FWIW, I looked at what a few other languages offer, and found
that
in Go, they use Trim(s, chars) for our s.strip(chars), and they have
separate TrimPrefix and TrimSuffix methods. That seems the best solution of
the bunch, so I am now okay with
On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 5:54 PM Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
> (Since bytes may be used for file names I think they should get this new
> capability too.)
>
>>
>> I don’t really care one way or another, but is it really still the case
>> that bytes need to be used for filenames? For uses other than j
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 3:01 PM Cameron Simpson wrote:
> Like yours, they return the original object if unchanged.
that makes me uncomfortable, but I guess as srings are mutable (an may be
interned, why not?)
Do the other string methods return themselves if there is no change?
As for the "requ
On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 10:10 AM Christopher Barker wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 3:01 PM Cameron Simpson wrote:
>>
>> Like yours, they return the original object if unchanged.
>
>
> that makes me uncomfortable, but I guess as srings are mutable (an may be
> interned, why not?)
>
> Do the oth
On 2020-03-07 23:01, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 07Mar2020 08:26, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Maybe. FWIW, I looked at what a few other languages offer, and found
that
in Go, they use Trim(s, chars) for our s.strip(chars), and they have
separate TrimPrefix and TrimSuffix methods. That seems the best
On 07Mar2020 15:01, Christopher Barker wrote:
On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 5:54 PM Guido van Rossum wrote:
(Since bytes may be used for file names I think they should get this
new capability too.)
I don’t really care one way or another, but is it really still the
case that bytes need to be used f
On 08Mar2020 00:17, MRAB wrote:
On 2020-03-07 23:01, Cameron Simpson wrote:
I'm somewhat against "strip" in the name, because Python's plain
"strip"
methods act like PHP and Go trim methods: they strip multiple
characters, not fixed strings.
My own preference (and personal library use) is cut
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:36 PM Cameron Simpson wrote:
> >Go's Trim strips multiple characters, but, as far as I can tell from
> >the docs, TrimPrefix and TrimSuffix strip a single prefix/suffix
> >string.
>
> And right there is the confusion I'd rather avoid. I'd like the affix
> stuff to have a
On 2020-03-08 01:51, Christopher Barker wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:36 PM Cameron Simpson wrote:
>
>> Go's Trim strips multiple characters, but, as far as I can tell from
>> the docs, TrimPrefix and TrimSuffix strip a single prefix/suffix
>> string.
>
> And right there is the confusion I'd
On 07Mar2020 17:51, Christopher Barker wrote:
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:36 PM Cameron Simpson wrote:
>Go's Trim strips multiple characters, but, as far as I can tell from
>the docs, TrimPrefix and TrimSuffix strip a single prefix/suffix
>string.
And right there is the confusion I'd rather avoi
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