On Tuesday 16 August 2005 08:11, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
> "Jose' Matos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> | You were right, as you can see here
> | http://docs.python.org/lib/node110.html that version of rstrip was only
> | introduced in 2.2.3, not before. So for 1.5.2 compatibility we should
> | stay with the current scheme. The previous versions only removes
> | whitespace.
>
> Does python offer function overloading?
No, but that is not a problem. Something like:
try:
rstrip("abc", "\r\n")
except:
def rstrip(s, char=" \t"):
while 1:
if not s:
return s
if s[-1] in char:
s = s[:-1]
else:
return s
> If so imho it would be better
> to offer a compability function. But I also think that we should move
> towards 2.2.x support in the next development round.
That was always the plan, we have decided that 2 years ago in Chemnitz.
> It seems quite ubiquitous to me now.
I agree.
PS: What about the patch? May I commit it?
--
José Abílio Matos
