Just now, namekuseijin wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Eli Barzilay <e...@barzilay.org> wrote:
> > * Finally, I'm also adding a related function:
> > `string-normalize-spaces', which takes a string and a regexp for the
> > spaces, and turns all spaces into single ones. Same principles as
> > above. This one is getting a `#:trim?' keyword that says whether
> > spaces at the edges should be dropped (the default) or normalized.
> >
> > BTW, I hate that name -- it makes the `string-' prefix looks even
> > uglier... Any suggestions for a better name?
>
> compact-spaces? Why should all functions have a type prefix? How
> many functions could be possibly named normalize-spaces not dealing
> with strings?
That's a convention in `racket/string', derived from a general
convention for non-list functions.
> why should it take a regexp for the spaces, BTW?
Because it's easy to specify, mostly.
> (compact-spaces "foobar was here!")
>
> should be self-evident without requiring the user to provide the
> common-sense regex everytime...
It defaults to #px"\\s", so that would work fine.
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