On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 07:01 -0800, Ovid wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > > > > > > I could optionally make the following work: > > > > > > > > $string.trim(:leading<0>); > > > > $string.trim(:trailing<0>); > > Alternatively, those could be ltrim() and rtrim(). If you need to > dynamically determine what you're going to trim, you'd couldn't just set > variables to do it, though. You'd have to figure out which methods to call. > Or all could be allowed and $string.trim(:leading<0>) could all $string.rtrim > internally.
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 .... -'f
