why does mongo trim spaces on save?

Works on 2.0.X and 2.1.X :

> db.version()
2.1.0-pre-    
> db.test.remove()
> db.test.save({x: "     x     \t\t\t     x     "})
> db.test.findOne()
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("4f3249e80b74284ac62e629d"),
    "x" : "     x     \t\t\t     x     "
}
>