----- Original Message ---- > From: Larry Wall <la...@wall.org>
> 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. In the pir, doesn't the "s = self" line copy self, thus ensuring that I'm changing "s" and not "self"? Or do I need "s = clone self" (or however it's written). > Can't say I really like the negated options though. They smell funny. Agreed, but ltrim and rtrim will disappoint Israelis and dyslexics alike. Suggestions welcome as I can't think of anything better. Cheers, Ovid -- Buy the book - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/ Tech blog - http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/OvidPerl Official Perl 6 Wiki - http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6
