Re: [sc-dev] String:escapeSpaces

[Stefan Kersten <sk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott Wilson wrote:
> Any reason not to add this:
> 
> + String {
> escapeSpaces { 
> var result;
> this.do({ arg char;
> if(char.isSpace,{result = result ++ $\\ ++ " "},{result = result ++ char})
> });
> ^result
> }
> }
> 
> and then stick it in in the various String methods which deal with paths?

why not factor isSpace into a predicate that is passed to the method
along with the escape character? would make it more useful in other
contexts, and escapeSpaces could just be ^this.escapeChars(_.isSpace, $\\);

<sk>