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From:
David Nicol
Date:
March 1, 2022 04:56
Subject:
Re: trim vs trimmed revisited
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> Some have suggest it should do in place in void context
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I am convinced that context dependent behavior adds unnecessary complexity
and resign from the some who suggest that.

I think it should warn, maybe even die, when trim gets a reference without
an overloaded ToString.

And I think it should implicitly map in array context.

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