Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] Future of ExtLib

[Richard J. <ri...@an...>]

On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 01:48:04PM +0100, Bardur Arantsson wrote:
> > From this you can have trimming functions:
> >=20
> >     let triml ?(test =3D isspace) str =3D ...
> >     let trimr ?(test =3D isspace) str =3D ...
> >     let trim ?test str =3D ...
>=20
> ... or lstrip/rstrip/strip as they would be known
> according to the current naming conventions. :)
>=20
> The fact that trim takes a "test" closure instead of
> string with characters should IMHO be regarded as a
> feature and the 'old' strip should just be removed... Of
> course it may mean that the compiler cannot inline the
> "test" calls, but that is, again IMHO, a compiler issue.

Or have both ...

Rich.

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