string-doubling-trim-eliminates-trivial-matches

Status: IN

In the repeated-substring-pattern solution, `(s + s)[1:-1]` is correctness-critical: without the `[1:-1]` trim, `s` always appears at positions 0 and `len(s)` in `s + s`, making every input a false positive.

Source: entries/2026/06/06/repeated-substring-pattern-solution.md

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