New submission from Elizabeth Myers: str.startswith and str.endswith should accept multiple arguments when passing in strings. This makes it easier to check if the first character of a string is one of a given option, versus this awkward construction:
>>> f = 'abc' >>> 'test'.startswith(tuple(f)) False With my proposal, this could be shortened to 'test'.startswith(*f) for easy testing. This also makes it easier to check if a string begins with one of any combination of matches. ---------- components: Interpreter Core, Unicode messages: 241912 nosy: Elizacat, ezio.melotti, haypo priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: str.startswith and str.endswith should accept multiple arguments. type: enhancement versions: Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue24047> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
