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Support right-to-left languages #55

@MontakOleg

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@MontakOleg

I think a little bit about that.
As a basis idea we can take AutoLayout approach:
.leading means .left on left-to-right languages and means .right on right-to-left languages;
.trailing means .right on left-to-right languages and means .left on right-to-left languages.

We can implement this by simple adding factory functions to our enums(Edge, Corner, Align), for example for Edge:

public enum Edge {
    case top
    case left
    case bottom
    case right

    static func leading() -> Edge {
        return isRightToLeft() ? .right : .left
    }

    static func trailing() -> Edge {
        return isRightToLeft() ? .left : .right
    }
}

Then if client code wants to respect language direction, it should use .leading() and .trailing() functions instead .left and .right:

func isRightToLeft() -> Bool {
//    return UIApplication.shared.userInterfaceLayoutDirection == .rightToLeft
    return true
}

func bar(edge: Edge) {
    switch edge {
    case .left:
        print("left")
    case .right:
        print("right")
    case .top:
        print("top")
    case .bottom:
        print("bottom")
    }
}

bar(edge: .leading()) // prints 'right'

@mamaral what you think about this approach? Any suggestions?

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