[Python-ideas] New explicit methods to trim strings

[Kirill Balunov]

вс, 31 мар. 2019 г. в 11:45, Kirill Balunov <kirillbalunov at gmail.com>:

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> вс, 31 мар. 2019 г. в 11:36, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info>:
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>> There's a slight problem with that: what happens if more than one suffix
>> matches? E.g. given:
>>
>>     "musical".lcut(('al', 'ical'))
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>> should the suffix "al" be removed, leaving "music"? (First match wins.)
>>
>> Or should the suffix "ical" be removed, leaving "mus"? (Longest match
>> wins.)
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> I think you should choose  "First match wins", because in this case you
> can make "Longest match wins" as `"musical".lcut(tuple(sorted(('al,
> 'ical'))))`. But if you choose "Longest match wins" there is no chance to
> achieve "First match wins" behaviour.
>
> with kind regards,
> -gfg
>

Sorry it should be `.rcut` instead of `.lcut`  in
`"musical".*rcut*(tuple(sorted(('al,
'ical'))))` at the first place. I will prefer names `.lstrip` and `.rstrip`
instead of *cut versions.

with kind regards,
-gdg
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