Correct me if I'm wrong, can't you do $s .= trim
? On 12:45pm, Fri, 14 Aug 2015 Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: > In an earlier thread of mine on this list seeking help, Liz mentioned > one string method that has now been dcoumented, 'substr-rw', which > allows in-place modification of a string variable. > > In my journey with Perl 6 I have enjoyed the string 'trim' method so I > can do this: > > my $s = ' blah '; > $s = $s.trim; > say $s; # 'blah' > > Using 'substr-rw' as precedent, I am proposing a similar set of > methods for 'trim' so that I can do this: > > my $s = ' blah '; > $s.trim-rw; > say $s; # 'blah'; > > (and similarly for 'trim-leading-rw' and 'trim-trailing-rw'). > > If there is no objection, I would like to add a feature request but > where to do it? The immediate place I thought of is the Rakudo git > site but isn't this more of a language feature? > > Best regards, > > -Tom >
