Rename left/right variants to start/end

src/gleam/string.gleam

@@ -588,73 +588,85 @@ type Direction {
   Both
 }
 
-/// Removes whitespace on the left of a `String`.
+/// Removes whitespace at the start of a `String`.
 ///
 /// ## Examples
 ///
 /// ```gleam
-/// trim_left("  hats  \n")
+/// trim_start("  hats  \n")
 /// // -> "hats  \n"
 /// ```
 ///
+pub fn trim_start(string: String) -> String {
+  do_trim_start(string)
+}
+
+/// An alias for trim_start
+@deprecated("Use trim_start. There is no behavior change")
 pub fn trim_left(string: String) -> String {
-  do_trim_left(string)
+  trim_start(string)
 }
 
-@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "trim_left")
-fn do_trim_left(string: String) -> String {
+@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "trim_start")
+fn do_trim_start(string: String) -> String {
   erl_trim(string, Leading)
 }
 
-/// Removes whitespace on the right of a `String`.
+/// Removes whitespace at the end of a `String`.
 ///
 /// ## Examples
 ///
 /// ```gleam
-/// trim_right("  hats  \n")
+/// trim_end("  hats  \n")
 /// // -> "  hats"
 /// ```
 ///
+pub fn trim_end(string: String) -> String {
+  do_trim_end(string)
+}
+
+/// An alias for trim_end
+@deprecated("Use trim_end. There is no behavior change")
 pub fn trim_right(string: String) -> String {
-  do_trim_right(string)
+  trim_end(string)
 }
 
-@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "trim_right")
-fn do_trim_right(string: String) -> String {
+@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "trim_end")
+fn do_trim_end(string: String) -> String {
   erl_trim(string, Trailing)
 }
 
-/// Like `trim_left`, but removes the specified chars on the left of a `String`
+/// Like `trim_start`, but removes the specified chars at the start of a `String`
 ///
 /// ## Examples
 ///
 /// ```gleam
 /// trim_chars_left("..,hats,..", ".,")
 /// // -> "hats,.."
 /// ```
-pub fn trim_chars_left(string: String, charset: String) -> String {
-  do_trim_chars_left(string, charset)
+pub fn trim_chars_start(string: String, charset: String) -> String {
+  do_trim_chars_start(string, charset)
 }
 
-@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "trim_chars_left")
-fn do_trim_chars_left(string: String, charset: String) -> String {
+@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "trim_chars_start")
+fn do_trim_chars_start(string: String, charset: String) -> String {
   erl_trim_chars(string, Leading, erl_to_graphemes(charset))
 }
 
-/// Like `trim_right`, but removes the specified chars on the right of a `String`
+/// Like `trim_end`, but removes the specified chars at the end of a `String`
 ///
 /// ## Examples
 ///
 /// ```gleam
 /// trim_chars_right("..,hats,..", ".,")
 /// // -> "..,hats"
 /// ```
-pub fn trim_chars_right(string: String, charset: String) -> String {
-  do_trim_chars_right(string, charset)
+pub fn trim_chars_end(string: String, charset: String) -> String {
+  do_trim_chars_end(string, charset)
 }
 
-@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "trim_chars_right")
-fn do_trim_chars_right(string: String, charset: String) -> String {
+@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "trim_chars_end")
+fn do_trim_chars_end(string: String, charset: String) -> String {
   erl_trim_chars(string, Trailing, erl_to_graphemes(charset))
 }
 

src/gleam_stdlib.mjs

@@ -262,33 +262,33 @@ const unicode_whitespaces = [
   "\u2029", // Paragraph separator
 ].join("");
 
-const left_trim_regex = new_left_trim_regexp(unicode_whitespaces);
+const start_trim_regex = new_start_trim_regexp(unicode_whitespaces);
 const right_trim_regex = new_right_trim_regexp(unicode_whitespaces);
 
 export function trim(string) {
-  return trim_left(trim_right(string));
+  return trim_start(trim_end(string));
 }
 
-export function trim_left(string) {
-  return string.replace(left_trim_regex, "");
+export function trim_start(string) {
+  return string.replace(start_trim_regex, "");
 }
 
-export function trim_right(string) {
+export function trim_end(string) {
   return string.replace(right_trim_regex, "");
 }
 
 export function trim_chars(string, charset) {
-    const trimmed_right = trim_chars_right(string, charset);
-    return trim_chars_left(trimmed_right, charset);
+    const trimmed_right = trim_chars_end(string, charset);
+    return trim_chars_start(trimmed_right, charset);
 }
 
-export function trim_chars_left(string, charset) {
-  const trim_regexp = new_left_trim_regexp(charset);
+export function trim_chars_start(string, charset) {
+  const trim_regexp = new_start_trim_regexp(charset);
 
   return string.replace(trim_regexp, "")
 }
 
-export function trim_chars_right(string, charset) {
+export function trim_chars_end(string, charset) {
   const trim_regexp = new_right_trim_regexp(charset);
 
   return string.replace(trim_regexp, "")
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ export function bit_array_compare(first, second) {
   return new Lt();  // second has more items
 }
 
-function new_left_trim_regexp(charset) {
+function new_start_trim_regexp(charset) {
   return new RegExp(`^([${charset}]*)`, "g");
 }
 

test/gleam/string_test.gleam

@@ -164,51 +164,51 @@ pub fn trim_test() {
   |> should.equal("hats")
 }
 
-pub fn trim_left_test() {
+pub fn trim_start_test() {
   "  hats  \n"
-  |> string.trim_left
+  |> string.trim_start
   |> should.equal("hats  \n")
 }
 
-pub fn trim_left_rtl_test() {
+pub fn trim_start_rtl_test() {
   "  עברית  "
-  |> string.trim_left
+  |> string.trim_start
   |> should.equal("עברית  ")
 }
 
-pub fn trim_right_rtl_test() {
+pub fn trim_end_rtl_test() {
   "  עברית  "
-  |> string.trim_right
+  |> string.trim_end
   |> should.equal("  עברית")
 }
 
-pub fn trim_right_test() {
+pub fn trim_end_test() {
   "  hats  \n"
-  |> string.trim_right
+  |> string.trim_end
   |> should.equal("  hats")
 }
 
-pub fn trim_chars_left_test() {
+pub fn trim_chars_start_test() {
   ",..hats..,"
-  |> string.trim_chars_left(",.")
+  |> string.trim_chars_start(",.")
   |> should.equal("hats..,")
 }
 
-pub fn trim_chars_left_rtl_test() {
+pub fn trim_chars_start_rtl_test() {
   "שמש"
-  |> string.trim_chars_left("ש")
+  |> string.trim_chars_start("ש")
   |> should.equal("מש")
 }
 
-pub fn trim_chars_right_test() {
+pub fn trim_chars_end_test() {
   ",..hats..,"
-  |> string.trim_chars_right(",.")
+  |> string.trim_chars_end(",.")
   |> should.equal(",..hats")
 }
 
-pub fn trim_chars_right_rtl_test() {
+pub fn trim_chars_end_rtl_test() {
   "שמש"
-  |> string.trim_chars_right("ש")
+  |> string.trim_chars_end("ש")
   |> should.equal("שמ")
 }