Use of Python 3.8 method breaks backwards compatibility by using removeprefix() about text-fabric HOT 7 CLOSED

As far as I can see, removeprefix does not occur anymore in Text-Fabric.
In the commit you mention, removepreifx is not introduced but it is deleted from the code, precisely for the reason you mention.

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I'll see what I can do.
No doubt it will be possible, and not too much work.
Monday hopefully.

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I need to check the following not to occur in the code:

• the walrus operator :=
• self documenting f-strings =}

And then I can lower the requirements to 3.7, or even to 3.6.3 as it was before.
Clearly it was a bad idea to just bump that version number unilaterally.

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@jamespstrachan I just uploaded a new version of Text-Fabric, 8.5.13, with no changes except that the Python version requirement is back to 3.6.3.

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Thanks Dirk!

I would understand if you wanted to use the syntactic niceness of walrus and f-strings, but until you feel the urge I'm happy that you keep the requirements as low as actually needed. Am happy to try to pull versions up at this end if you plan to go this way in future.

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Yes indeed, James.
I see very little use for the walrus operator.
Maybe in notebooks and other end-of-the-chain software, but not in packages and modules.
It is my intention keep the requirement at 3.6.3 for the foreseeable future.
By the way, the f-strings are already in 3.6, but not yet the {expression=} construct. And that is primarily a debugging device. Not really needed in a package either.

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