fixing `_strip` for eventually int

[Borda]

What does this PR do?

Fixes #1530

Before submitting

• [x] Was this discussed/approved via a Github issue? (no need for typos and docs improvements)
• [x] Did you read the contributor guideline, Pull Request section?
• [x] Did you make sure your PR does only one thing, instead of bundling different changes together?
• [ ] Did you make sure to update the documentation with your changes?
• [ ] Did you write any new necessary tests? [not needed for typos/docs]
• [ ] Did you verify new and existing tests pass locally with your changes?
• [ ] If you made a notable change (that affects users), did you update the CHANGELOG?

PR review

• [x] Is this pull request ready for review? (if not, please submit in draft mode)

Anyone in the community is free to review the PR once the tests have passed. If we didn't discuss your PR in Github issues there's a high chance it will not be merged.

Did you have fun?

Make sure you had fun coding 🙃

[codecov[bot]]

Codecov Report

Merging #1667 (de92448) into master (851ea1f) will decrease coverage by 13%. Report is 2 commits behind head on master. The diff coverage is 75%.

Additional details and impacted files

```diff @@ Coverage Diff @@ ## master #1667 +/- ## ======================================== - Coverage 85% 72% -13% ======================================== Files 291 291 Lines 12852 12854 +2 ======================================== - Hits 10982 9284 -1698 - Misses 1870 3570 +1700 ```