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diff --git a/libs/pbd/whitespace.cc b/libs/pbd/whitespace.cc
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+++ b/libs/pbd/whitespace.cc
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+#include <pbd/whitespace.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+void
+strip_whitespace_edges (string& str)
+{   
+    string::size_type i; 
+    string::size_type len;    
+	string::size_type s;
+			            
+    len = str.length();
+				        
+    for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+        if (isgraph (str[i])) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    s = i;
+
+    for (i = len - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+        if (isgraph (str[i])) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    str = str.substr (s, (i - s) + 1);
+}
+