[racket-dev] Very quick poll re `string-trim'

I would say yes. Isn't this primarily a string function?

How about a #:repeated? argument that defaults to #t?

Neil ⊥

On 05/11/2012 08:38 AM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
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> The question you need to ask is whether you want string-trim to be usable by someone who is not familiar with our syntax (or any syntax) of regexp, which is an embedded sublanguage with a definitely complex and somewhat obscure syntax. -- Matthias
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> On May 11, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
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>> An hour and a half ago, Robby Findler wrote:
>>> Did you consider an optional argument to string-trim?
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>> Yes, but it seems that if you're moving from
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>>   (string-trim "stuff" " ")
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>> to some
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>>   (string-trim "stuff" " " #:repeated? #t)
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>> then you could just as well go with
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>>   (string-trim "stuff" #rx" +")
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>> instead.  IOW, a keyword is possible, but doesn't seem useful given
>> that the intention is for this to be a function that is simple and/or
>> convenient.
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