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On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:43:01 +0100, Vlado Keselj <vlado@dnlp.ca> wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to the list so I am not sure if this counts for much, but I would > be in support of making "trim" a keyword. > > Perl is a string-oriented language and it should be simple and transparent > to use functions like "trim", which made keywords already in other > languages, like PHP. Yes, we can use regexes but they do look hairy for > such a simple use. This would be an important benefit to the beginners. > If 'chomp' is there, why 'trim' would not be. One possible dowside may be > backcompatibility. It would be worth checking how much and how 'trim' has > already been used in CPAN. Thanks for the support. :) As for the numbers checking, i already did that here: > And looking at CPAN: >https://grep.metacpan.org/search?q=%5C%5E%5C%5Cs%5C%2B%5B%5E%5C0%5D%2B%5C%5Cs%5C%2B%5C%24%7C%5C%5Cs%5C%2B%5C%24%5B%5E%5C0%5D%2B%5C%5E%5C%5Cs%5C%2B&qd=&qft= >1050 distributions and 1659 files implement some kind of regex-based whitespace stripping, and while this function isn't aimed at CPAN, this demonstrates a clear desire. >For a (not at all equal, but related) comparison, searching for uses of say: >https://grep.metacpan.org/search?q=%5Cbsay%5B+%28%5D&qd=&qft= >results in 914 dists. That said, backporting is not a big concern for this one, as trim is primarily aimed at non-CPAN developers for their own code, as trim is more likely to be used in end user code, not library code. :) It would also be a small marketing win alongside of the other benefits of it being a proof-of-concept and learning aid for adding functionality to Perl.Thread Previous | Thread Next