Re: [PATCH] Add .trim method

[email protected] (Larry Wall) Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:31:26 -0800
Newsgroups perl.perl6.language,perl.perl6.internals
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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 05:04:50AM -0800, Ovid wrote:
: ...the trivial $string.trim and trim($string) case.

Hmm, I'd think .trim should work like .chomp, and return the trimmed
string without changing the original.  You'd use $str.=trim to do it
in place.

Can't say I really like the negated options though.  They smell funny.

Larry