On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:20:43 +0100, spir wrote: > On 03/16/2011 06:41 AM, Jesse Phillips wrote: >> Ali Çehreli Wrote: >> >>> Right? Is there a better way that I am missing? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Ali >> >> No better way, the stated reason IIRC is that it is easier to remove >> the new line then to append it back on. > > May be stated, but it is very wrong! I guess: > > s = s ~ '\n'; > versus > if ((str[$-1] == '\n') || (str[$-1] == '\r')) { > str = str[0..$-1]; > if ((str[$-1] == '\n') || (str[$-1] == '\r')) { > str = str[0..$-1]; > } > }
That comparison seems a bit biased. :) This one is more fair: import std.path; ... s ~= linesep; versus import std.string; ... s = s.chomp; -Lars