[Python-ideas] Add a `count` argument to `list.remove`

Dec. 22, 2021


      I expect some sort of "there's no benefit in this, just write the current implementation", indirectly or directly.
Currently, this is the way to remove `num` occurrences of an element from a list:
...
idx = 0
while idx < len(the_list) and num:
    if the_list[idx] == element_to_remove:
        del the_list[idx]
        num -= 1
    else:
        idx += 1
With a `count` argument to `list.remove`, this is how it would be done:
the_list.remove(element_to_remove, count=num)
(Doesn't necessarily have to be a keyword argument)
Is this a good idea?

[Python-ideas] Add a `count` argument to `list.remove`

Jeremiah Vivian