whitespace ignoring string comparison (draft)

whitespace.ignoring.strcmp.go

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	fmt.Println(cmp("abc", " a db c "))
}

func cmp(a, b string) bool {
	if len(a) < len(b) {
		a, b = b, a
	}
	p, q := 0, 0
	for p != len(a) && q != len(b) {
		spool:
		for p != len(a) && a[p] == ' ' {
			p++
		}
		for q != len(b) && b[q] == ' ' {
			q++
		}
		for p != len(a) && q != len(b) {
			if a[p] == ' ' || b[q] == ' '{
				goto spool
			}
			if a[p] != b[q] {
				return false
			}
			p++
			q++
		}
	}
	return true

}