On Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 8:11 PM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Regarding later proposals to add support for multiple affixes, to
> recursively delete the affix repeatedly, and to take an additional
> argument to limit how many affixes will be removed: YAGNI.
>
That's simply not true, and I think it's clearly illustrated by the example
I gave a few times. Not just conceivably, but FREQUENTLY I write code to
accomplish the effect of the suggested:
basename = fname.rstrip(('.jpg', '.gif', '.png'))
I probably do this MORE OFTEN than removing a single suffix.
Obviously I *can* achieve this result now. I probably take a slightly
different approach as the mood strikes me, with three or four different
styles I've used. Actually, I've probably never done it in a way that
wouldn't be subtly wrong for cases like 'base.jpg.gif.png.jpg.gif'.
>
_______________________________________________
Python-ideas mailing list
Python-ideas@python.org
https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas
Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
