Index: trunk/Ohana/src/libohana/include/ohana.h
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/libohana/include/ohana.h	(revision 8633)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/libohana/include/ohana.h	(revision 10073)
@@ -93,4 +93,13 @@
 # endif /* FOPEN */
 
+/*
+  isspace is c99 : do we require c99 now? 
+  isspace()
+   checks  for white-space characters.  In the "C" and "POSIX" locales, these are: space, form-feed ('\f'), newline ('\n'),
+   carriage return ('\r'), horizontal tab ('\t'), and vertical tab ('\v').
+   horiz. tab: 0x09, vert. tab: 0x0b, newline: 0x0a, form-feed: 0x0c, return: 0x0d, space: 0x20, 
+*/
+# define OHANA_WHITESPACE(c)(((c) == 0x09) || ((c) == 0x0a) || ((c) == 0x0b) || ((c) == 0x0b) || ((c) == 0x0c) || ((c) == 0x0d) || ((c) == 0x20))
+
 /* socket / pipe communication buffer */
 typedef struct {