bug in str.startswith() and str.endswith()

[Duncan Booth]

Carl Banks <pavlovevidence at gmail.com> wrote:

> The end parameter looks pretty useless for
> .startswith() and is probably only present for consistency with other
> string search methods like .index().

No, the end parameter could be useful if the slice ends up shorter than the 
prefix string:

>>> 'abcd'.startswith('abc', 0, 2)
False

Likewise the start parameter for endswith.

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