[issue39939] Add str methods to remove prefixes or suffixes

[Dennis Sweeney]

Dennis Sweeney <sweeney.dennis650 at gmail.com> added the comment:

Yes:

    >>> x = "A"*10**6
    >>> x.cutprefix("B") is x
    True
    >>> x.cutprefix("") is x
    True

    >>> y = b"A"*10**6
    >>> y.cutprefix(b"B") is y
    True
    >>> y.cutprefix(b"") is y
    True

    >>> z = bytearray(b"A")*10**6
    >>> z.cutprefix(b"B") is z
    False
    >>> z.cutprefix(b"") is z
    False

I'm not sure whether this should be part of the spec or an implementation detail. The (str/bytes).replace method docs don't clarify this, but they have the same behavior:

    >>> x = "A"*10**6
    >>> x.replace("B", "C") is x
    True
    >>> x.replace("", "") is x
    True

    >>> y = b"A"*10**6
    >>> y.replace(b"B", b"C") is y
    True
    >>> y.replace(b"", b"") is y
    True

    >>> z = bytearray(b"A")*10**6
    >>> z.replace(b"B", b"C") is z
    False
    >>> z.replace(b"", b"") is z
    False

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