Re: [perl #129252] routines sprintf and printf need auto newline capability

2016-09-11 Thread Tom Browder
On Sunday, September 11, 2016, Zoffix Znet via RT < perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > On Sun Sep 11 15:29:45 2016, tbrowder wrote: > > Uh, say "what?" :) Just a little humour. Someone thought thought it was worth it to not have to explicitly add the newline on print, and I feel the same wa

Re: [perl #129252] routines sprintf and printf need auto newline capability

2016-09-11 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Zoffix Znet via RT wrote: > On Sun Sep 11 13:48:04 2016, tbrowder wrote: >> Both routines need an alias (or adverb) so that a newline is ... > I'd prefer to avoid adding two new subs and two new methods for the sake of > saving a single character of typing. Since

[perl #129252] routines sprintf and printf need auto newline capability

2016-09-11 Thread Zoffix Znet via RT
On Sun Sep 11 13:48:04 2016, tbrowder wrote: > Both routines need an alias (or adverb) so that a newline is > automatically appended to the output. I would like to see something > like: > > sprintfn > printfn I'd prefer to avoid adding two new subs and two new methods for the sake of saving a s

Re: [perl #129252] routines sprintf and printf need auto newline capability

2016-09-11 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote: > Just curious, but what is wrong with "say fmt()" ? Liz, one reason, i'm ashamed to say, is lack of familiarity with fmt() (too many years of C/C++ and Perl 5, I guess). The printf family I am very aware of and am trying to get the doc

Re: [perl #129252] routines sprintf and printf need auto newline capability

2016-09-11 Thread Elizabeth Mattijsen
Just curious, but what is wrong with "say fmt()" ? > On 11 Sep 2016, at 22:48, Tom Browder (via RT) > wrote: > > # New Ticket Created by Tom Browder > # Please include the string: [perl #129252] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # https://rt.perl.org/T

[perl #129252] routines sprintf and printf need auto newline capability

2016-09-11 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Tom Browder # Please include the string: [perl #129252] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=129252 > Both routines need an alias (or adverb) so that a newline is automatically appended to th