[Gd-chatter] r11585 - trunk/fundev/sources/lib/string-extensions

[cgay at gwydiondylan.org]

Author: cgay
Date: Thu Dec 27 10:09:19 2007
New Revision: 11585

Modified:
   trunk/fundev/sources/lib/string-extensions/string-hacking.dylan
Log:
job: minor
added a comment

Modified: trunk/fundev/sources/lib/string-extensions/string-hacking.dylan
==============================================================================
--- trunk/fundev/sources/lib/string-extensions/string-hacking.dylan	(original)
+++ trunk/fundev/sources/lib/string-extensions/string-hacking.dylan	Thu Dec 27 10:09:19 2007
@@ -306,7 +306,10 @@
 						     pair('0', '9')));
 	  char-list := add!(char-list, '_');
 
-	's' => char-list := concatenate(char-list, " \t\n\r\f");  // whitespace
+        // Whitespace
+        // Note this is perl compatible, but not the same as the POSIX "space"
+        // class, because it doesn't contain the VT character (code 11).
+	's' => char-list := concatenate(char-list, " \t\n\r\f");
 	otherwise => char-list := add!(char-list, escaped-char);
       end select;
     else