Function StripListPrefix

tools/cpplint.py:2574–2579

(lst, prefix)

            return file_path_from_root

        def StripListPrefix(lst, prefix):
            # f(['x', 'y'], ['w, z']) -> None  (not a valid prefix)
            if lst[: len(prefix)] != prefix:
                return None
            # f(['a, 'b', 'c', 'd'], ['a', 'b']) -> ['c', 'd']
            return lst[(len(prefix)) :]

        # root behavior:
        #   --root=subdir , lstrips subdir from the header guard