Re: trim function example for perlfaq4.pod

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com> wrote:

>
> No, don't make it an optional *last* argument; that's messy
> and hides what's really going on.  The pattern is the most
> important, so it goes first.  Use the pattern as an optional
> invocant, putting it right out in front where it belongs,
> just as split // has it in front for the same reason:
>

that's how it was in the first revision. Other languages with trim functions
with optional what-to-trim arguments have them after the target.

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• trim function example for perlfaq4.pod by David Nicol
• Re: trim function example for perlfaq4.pod by brian d foy
• Re: trim function example for perlfaq4.pod by Tom Christiansen
• Re: trim function example for perlfaq4.pod by David Nicol
• Re: trim function example for perlfaq4.pod by Aristotle Pagaltzis
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