On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 3:53 AM Christopher Barker <python...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 2:08 AM Barry Scott <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
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>> >>> 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.
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>
> I imagine that the count=1 is the most common use case for replace() anyway,
>
Do you mean "other than not specifying the count", or do you actually
mean that it's more common than replacing all? Because in my
experience, replacing all is *by far* the most common case - but yes,
replacing just one would be the next most common.
ChrisA
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