On Jun 26, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:10:25 -0400, bearophile <bearophileh...@lycos.com> > wrote: > >> Steven Schveighoffer: >> >>> I agree with Andrei, there is no outlet for errors in the to!T function, >>> exception is the logical choice. >> >> Maybe I was not clear enough, so let me explain a bit better. >> >> What I don't like is to!int("15\n") to be seen as an error in the first >> place. >> I'd like it to ignore leading and trailing whitespace, as in Python >> (stripping it automatically): > > Right, but what if it's an error in your code if whitespace is present? Then > you have to check for whitespace and throw your own error.
to!int(trim("5\n")) no?