diff --git a/src/lib/char.rs b/src/lib/char.rs
index e69de29bb2d1..65e6de5373d9 100644
--- a/src/lib/char.rs
+++ b/src/lib/char.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+pred is_whitespace(c: char) -> bool {
+    const ch_space: char = '\u0020';
+    const ch_ogham_space_mark: char = '\u1680';
+    const ch_mongolian_vowel_sep: char = '\u180e';
+    const ch_en_quad: char = '\u2000';
+    const ch_em_quad: char = '\u2001';
+    const ch_en_space: char = '\u2002';
+    const ch_em_space: char = '\u2003';
+    const ch_three_per_em_space: char = '\u2004';
+    const ch_four_per_em_space: char = '\u2005';
+    const ch_six_per_em_space: char = '\u2006';
+    const ch_figure_space: char = '\u2007';
+    const ch_punctuation_space: char = '\u2008';
+    const ch_thin_space: char = '\u2009';
+    const ch_hair_space: char = '\u200a';
+    const ch_narrow_no_break_space: char = '\u202f';
+    const ch_medium_mathematical_space: char = '\u205f';
+    const ch_ideographic_space: char = '\u3000';
+    const ch_line_separator: char = '\u2028';
+    const ch_paragraph_separator: char = '\u2029';
+    const ch_character_tabulation: char = '\u0009';
+    const ch_line_feed: char = '\u000a';
+    const ch_line_tabulation: char = '\u000b';
+    const ch_form_feed: char = '\u000c';
+    const ch_carriage_return: char = '\u000d';
+    const ch_next_line: char = '\u0085';
+    const ch_no_break_space: char = '\u00a0';
+
+    if c == ch_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_ogham_space_mark { true }
+    else if c == ch_mongolian_vowel_sep { true }
+    else if c == ch_en_quad { true }
+    else if c == ch_em_quad { true }
+    else if c == ch_en_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_em_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_three_per_em_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_four_per_em_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_six_per_em_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_figure_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_punctuation_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_thin_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_hair_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_narrow_no_break_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_medium_mathematical_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_ideographic_space { true }
+    else if c == ch_line_tabulation { true }
+    else if c == ch_paragraph_separator { true }
+    else if c == ch_character_tabulation { true }
+    else if c == ch_line_feed { true }
+    else if c == ch_line_tabulation { true }
+    else if c == ch_form_feed { true }
+    else if c == ch_carriage_return { true }
+    else if c == ch_next_line { true }
+    else if c == ch_no_break_space { true }
+    else { false }
+}
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