Re: Ada 0x Wish List

["David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>]

Not only is a trim function a piece of cake -- its defined by
the language!!
e.g., Ada.Strings.Fixed.Trim

"Larry Hazel" <lhazel@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:3A89BFD2.29ABF02B@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.