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 < stephenjturnbull@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
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