Here is the argument-
Perl has (had?) chomp(). It removes \n at the end of a line. That's
something we often need to do. We ALSO often need to ADD \n to the end of a
line. This usually looks something like:
print "$kitty\n";
Hence my println() suggestion. Maybe instead it should be:
unchomp;
print;
Where unchomp ADDS \n to the end of text if it isn't already there.
If there is chomp there should be unchomp- the reasons for including it are
the same as for including chomp. If chomp is optimized so too can unchomp.
Having chomp without unchomp would be like having <= but not having >=
[see note]. Sure you can get by without it- just change the order of the
args, but why would you want to? If you have one, the other needs to be
there for, if nothng else, parity.
BTW I never suggested println() was in the language before. I just glommed
onto another thread inadvertantly. Sorry!
Ed
note- in Programming Perl v2 and v3 this IS the case by the way- the >= (ge)
logical operator is not in the book!
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