On Sat, 23 May 2026 at 10:21, Branko Čibej <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > [..] > I'd also suggest these two functions be renamed to ..._trim_left() and > ..._trim_right(), because that's what they actually do. I'd let the caller > deal with padding, either via *printf() or in any other way they like, and > have the trim functions return the (byte) length of the transformed strings > as well as their visual width. > > Another option that comes to mind would be to add TRUNCATE argument and keep align_left()/align_right() function names. In this case it will be clear if function truncates existing string and also can be used in situation when truncating is not needed. -- Ivan Zhakov
