Re: g_strstrip question.

[Brett Nash <nash nash nu>]

* TP Muller <tpm01 aber ac uk> wrote:
> While this works fine, I don't think it's really necessary:
>
> g_strstrip is defined like this:
>
> #define g_strstrip( string )    g_strchomp (g_strchug (string))
>
> g_strchug() will actually move the 'real' beginning of the string (ie. after 
> skipping any leading spaces) forward. In other words: g_strchug() will return 

You are correct.  My solution is overengineered, as the Glib function
does the correct thing.  Thus
        str = g_strdup("  str  ");
        str = g_strstrip(str);  /* the assignment is superflous */
        g_free(str);

        works fine as expected.

        Regards,
        nash

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