On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 13:57 -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2010 19:47:25 +0200 > Peter Schuller <peter.schul...@infidyne.com> wrote: > > > > chomp => rtrim > > > (rtrim "foo\n") => "foo" is much more clear to me, plus it leaves the > > > door open for trim and ltrim functions should the need arise. > > > > I like this. And in general I often fine the entire trio useful, and > > adopting the ltrim/trim/rtrim naming makes it nice and tidy. > > > > While I recognize the perl (or whatever the original is) precedent > > from chomp/chop, there is precedent for trim/left trim/right trim too. > > What *would* one call trim/ltrim to make them consistent with chomp? > > Personally, I like the lstrip/strip/rstrip, but that's just because > I'm used to them.
Why not lpluck, pluck and rpluck then ? (in French, pluck => effeuiller and the name effeuilleuse is one of the synonyms for stripteaser :))) ltrim & co.intents are a bit more precise Luc :))) > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <m...@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html > Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. > > O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
