got distracted and made a repl framework.......

bcrypter/lib/format.py

@@ -15,3 +15,14 @@ Left pad an integer's binary representation with zeros
 def lpadbin(x: int, n: int) -> str:
     return lpad(bin(x)[2:], n, pad='0')
 
+'''
+Extends the standard lstrip string method, 
+allowing the max: int kwarg to be supplied.  
+'''
+def lstrip(s: str, prefix: str, max: int = -1) -> str:
+    l = len(prefix)
+    c = 0
+    while s.startswith(prefix) and c < max: 
+        s = s[l:]
+        c += 1
+    return s

bcrypter/lib/other.py

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+'''
+Implements a safe way of indexing a list. 
+'''
+def tryget(L: list[Any], i: int, default: Any | None = None) -> Any:
+    try:
+        return L[i]
+    except IndexError:
+        return default