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

2000-09-17 Thread Damian Conway
> They need to learn to speak English. > > $line_sans_terminator = chomped ; > $last_list_element= popee some_func(); > > Perhaps. Or Latin: verso_absque_termino FHum mordementum. elemento_ultimo somefunctementa decumulamentum. ;-) Damian

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

2000-09-17 Thread Nathan Torkington
Sven said: > >As I mailed to Nathan Torkington several days ago (without getting > >a reply), many people use chop() a lot and his perl526 substitute > >"s/.\z//s;" will not work because it returns the number of > >chars changed, not the char itself like chop() does (as opposed to > >chomp()). D

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

2000-09-17 Thread 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 ; > > or > > $last_list_element = pop some_func(); Th

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

2000-09-16 Thread Tom Christiansen
>> Maintainer: Nathan Torkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 5 Sep 2000 >> Last Modified: 15 Sep 2000 >> Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Number: 195 >> Version: 2 >> Status: Frozen >As I mailed to Nathan Torkington several days ago (without getting >a reply), many people use ch

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

2000-09-16 Thread Sven Neuhaus
On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 03:28:26AM -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote: > =head1 TITLE > > Retire chop(). > > =head1 VERSION > > Maintainer: Nathan Torkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 5 Sep 2000 > Last Modified: 15 Sep 2000 > Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Number: 195 > Version:

RFC 195 (v2) Retire chop().

2000-09-15 Thread Perl6 RFC Librarian
This and other RFCs are available on the web at http://dev.perl.org/rfc/ =head1 TITLE Retire chop(). =head1 VERSION Maintainer: Nathan Torkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 5 Sep 2000 Last Modified: 15 Sep 2000 Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Number: 195 Version: 2 Status: Froze