https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24853

          Issue ID: 24853
           Summary: Skip white space with formattedRead
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P1
         Component: phobos
          Assignee: nobody@puremagic.com
          Reporter: alphaglosined@gmail.com

Proposal: add a skip whitespace format specifier to formattedRead.

The purpose of this is to enable stuff like: https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4656

Of note is that white space is a Unicode category, it covers a lot more characters than just space or tab.

This came up as a comparison to Nim, which does this automatically. However not skipping white space is intentional on D's side. So to have a format specifier for it would give us both capabilities when needed.

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