Re: RFC 195 (v2) Retire chop().

[Nathan Torkington]

Tom Christiansen writes:
> and so and so forth.    *That's* how people most expect functions to 
> work, and when a few of them don't, this confuses them.  That's
> what we get people wanting to do
> 
>     $line_sans_terminator = chomp <FH>;
> 
> or 
> 
>     $last_list_element = pop some_func();

They need to learn to speak English.

  $line_sans_terminator = chomped <FH>;
  $last_list_element    = popee some_func();

Perhaps.

Nat