Re: [Chicken-users] New string manipulation module

[John Cowan]

Dan Leslie scripsit:

> >Of course it would, and the Perl substitute command would be more general
> >still.  For that matter, you could allow an arbitrary Scheme procedure to
> >be provided.  But "drop-prefix" is dead simple, has precedent, and is
> >easy to understand and use.
> 
> Why not have both?

Okay, let's do it backwards.  No precedent.  Harder to implement.  Harder
to document.  Harder to use.

Ticket #988 filed for drop-prefix.  Feel free to file your own ticket or
prepare your own patch.

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