Thus it was written in the epistle of Bart Lateur, > On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 10:03:28 -0400, Ted Ashton wrote: > > >If we've decided that chomp isn't going to return the clippings, would it not > >seem prudent to make > > while (chomp(<ARGV>)) > > > >work like > > while (<ARGV>) > > You mean, like, the -l command line switch? (see perlrun) > > chomp() on input, append newlines on print (though $\). Related, I suppose. Currently 'while (<ARGV>)' means 'while ($_ = <ARGV>)'. I propose making 'while (chomp(<ARGV>))' mean while (<ARGV>) { chomp; . . . ] Ted -- Ted Ashton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Info Sys, Southern Adventist University ========================================================== For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts and principles by means of which new theories can be created. -- Dyson, Freeman ========================================================== Deep thoughts to be found at http://www.southern.edu/~ashted
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