Re: [PATCH] Add .trim method

----- Original Message ----

> From: Geoffrey Broadwell <[email protected]>

> When I saw your proposed syntax above, instead of reading "don't trim
> leading/trailing whitespace", I read "change the definition of
> 'whitespace' to 'codepoint 0' for leading/trailing".
> 
> That of course raises the question of how one *would* properly override
> trim's concept of whitespace ....

Change your locale to one with a different concept of whitespace (are there any?)


Otherwise, would this be trying to stuff too much into one function?

Cheers,
Ovid
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