feature request: a better str.endswith

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> I suggest you submit a feature request to SF.  A patch to
    >> stringobject.c and unicodeobject.c would help improve chances of
    >> acceptance, and for symmetry you should probably also modify the
    >> startswith methods of both types.

    Michele> Too bad my skills with C are essentially unexistent :-(

Look at it as an opportunity to enhance those skills.  You have plenty of
time until 2.4. ;-)

In any case, even if you can't whip up the actual C code, a complete feature
request on SF would keep it from being entirely forgotten.

Skip