> On 18 Mar 2020, at 18:03, Rob Cliffe via Python-ideas
> <python-ideas@python.org> wrote:
>
> Consider that the start or end of a string may contain repetitions of an
> affix.
>
> Should `-+-+-+Spam'.stripprefix('-+') remove just the first occurence? All
> of them? Does it need a 'count' parameter?
The only ways to use this function without counting is remove 1 prefix or
remove all.
As Alex said 1 prefix is the common case. For the all case there are existing
ways to do it.
If you are counting the number of prefix occurrences that exist you can simple
slice the answer
without the strip prefix function.
Barry
>
> [all modulo bikeshedding on the names of course]
A mauvey shade of purple.
>
> Rob Cliffe
>
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