Re: Ada 0x Wish List

[Larry Hazel <lhazel@mindspring.com>]

Fraser Wilson wrote:
> 
> In article <3A89AFC9.A218FF2@mindspring.com>,
> Larry Hazel  <lhazel@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> >A Trim function is a piece of cake.
> 
> Well, I know, but don't you think that the function I should be
> writing is the one that adds a space when I want it?  Indeed,
> it wouldn't even be a function.
> 
> Sticking space on the front of the images of positive integers
> feels arbitrary.
> 
> Fraser.
> (obviously, this is not a big deal, just something that irritates me)

It's bothered me some in the past also, but I never considered it a big deal
either.  I think it was defined that way for symmetry since negative numbers.  A
place for the sign.