rstrip vs. champ (was: python-dev summary, Dec. 16-31)

[Simon Brunning]

> From:	A.M. Kuchling [SMTP:akuchlin at mems-exchange.org]
> People have suggested adding a chomp() function that performs the same
> task as the Perl built-in: it removes the trailing newline from a
> string.  
> 	
> http://sourceforge.net/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=103029&group_id=54
> 70
> 
> Reaction was mixed: Moshe liked it, but others thought that the
> existing rstrip() method, which removes *all* whitespace from the end
> of a string, is sufficient.
 
It would be even better if rstrip (and its siblings strip & lstrip) took an
optional argument specifying which characters to strip...

Cheers,
Simon Brunning
TriSystems Ltd.
sbrunning at trisystems.co.uk




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