Larry Wall skribis 2006-02-08 8:38 (-0800):
> It would be nice to have other data points
I associate "say" with to-human communication, and there, I don't
generally have records. Without records, no ORS.
However, while I think that &say should not be
&print.assuming(:ors("\n")), it shouldn't be print + \n either.
Instead, I think the format should be configurable, defaulting to
suffixing \n, but configurable to have another suffix, and possibly a
prefix even. For example, I may very well like a "* %s\n"-like output,
or when dealing with HTML, "%s<br>".
Of course, I could just override &say. But I think making it
configurable and documenting the difference between say and print as a
difference in final recipient (human versus computer) may make more
sense.
In any case, &say being print + \n as the default is IMO a better plan
than having it default to any ORS, even if that ORS happens to be \n.
Juerd
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