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

[Bardur A. <oca...@sc...>]

On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 01:38:06PM +0000, Richard Jones wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 01:48:04PM +0100, Bardur Arantsson wrote:
> > > From this you can have trimming functions:
> > > 
> > >     let triml ?(test = isspace) str = ...
> > >     let trimr ?(test = isspace) str = ...
> > >     let trim ?test str = ...
> > 
> > ... or lstrip/rstrip/strip as they would be known
> > according to the current naming conventions. :)
> > 
> > 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 ...
> 

It's not that I'm dead set against having both, but it
just seems like interface bloat... but the functionality
is certainly needed. :)

-- 
Bardur Arantsson
<ba...@im...>
<ba...@sc...>

- Homer no function beer well without.
                                     Homer Simpson | The Simpsons