X-Git-Url: http://nitlanguage.org

diff --git a/lib/core/kernel.nit b/lib/core/kernel.nit
index 72b6fc9..45c3ccd 100644
--- a/lib/core/kernel.nit
+++ b/lib/core/kernel.nit
@@ -651,11 +651,6 @@ universal Byte
 	#     assert 5u8 >> 1    == 2u8
 	fun >>(i: Int): Byte is intern `{ return self >> i; `}
 
-	# Returns the character equivalent of `self`
-	#
-	# REQUIRE: `self <= 127u8`
-	fun ascii: Char is intern `{ return (uint32_t)self; `}
-
 	redef fun to_i is intern
 	redef fun to_f is intern
 	redef fun to_b do return self
@@ -882,6 +877,9 @@ universal Int
 	#     assert 10.abs    == 10
 	#     assert 0.abs     == 0
 	fun abs: Int do return if self >= 0 then self else -self
+
+	# Is `self` an ASCII whitespace ?
+	fun is_whitespace: Bool do return self == 0x7F or self <= 0x20
 end
 
 # Native characters.
@@ -961,14 +959,6 @@ universal Char
 		end
 	end
 
-	# The ascii value of `self`
-	#
-	#     assert 'a'.ascii    == 97u8
-	#     assert '\n'.ascii   == 10u8
-	#
-	# REQUIRE: `is_ascii`
-	fun ascii: Byte do return code_point.to_b
-
 	# The unicode code point value of `self`
 	#
 	#     assert 'A'.code_point == 65