[Python-Dev] str.strip() enhancement (original) (raw)

Jonny Reichwald kalinda at acc.umu.se
Sun Sep 4 02:19:13 CEST 2005

Raymond Hettinger wrote:

[Jonny Reichwald]

Would this be useful for anyone else besides me? Probably not.

ok

Even if an example or two is found, it is worth complicating the API. Keep in mind the difficulties that plague str.split() -- that is what happens when a function grows beyond a single, clear, unified, cohesive concept.

I am not aware of these difficulties, any pointers? From an API pow, I do not think it neccessarily complicates it, but
rather generalizes it in a way that may not be very usable :) I can understand that it would probably not be worth the effort
though...

-- Jonny Reichwald

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