Note future alternatives for remove_prefix/suffix

victorlin · victorlin · commit 0fec61fbaa94 · 2026-03-19T10:47:48.000-07:00
diff --git a/nextstrain/cli/util.py b/nextstrain/cli/util.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def colored(color, text):
     )
 
 
+# TODO: Use str.removeprefix/removesuffix once Python 3.9 is the minimum supported version.
 def remove_prefix(prefix, string):
     return re.sub('^' + re.escape(prefix), '', string)
 

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`@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def colored(color, text):`
`64`	`64`	`)`
`65`	`65`
`66`	`66`
	`67`	`+# TODO: Use str.removeprefix/removesuffix once Python 3.9 is the minimum supported version.`
`67`	`68`	`def remove_prefix(prefix, string):`
`68`	`69`	`return re.sub('^' + re.escape(prefix), '', string)`
`69`	`70`