Re: Re: a farewell to chop

Ah, but there is already a perl6 regular expression assertion named <cut>, which does something different. Having a prefix and an assertion that are named the same yet do different things would lead to even more confusion. Perhaps trim()?

Comment on Re: Re: a farewell to chop Select or Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^3: a farewell to chop by Solo (Deacon) on Sep 11, 2002 at 17:50 UTC
`Trim()` has a well-understood meaning in other languages and I think it would be a misleading to redefine it for Perl. How about `scalp()`? -- May the Source be with you. You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake; well, this could be it, sweetheart.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: a farewell to chop by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Sep 11, 2002 at 18:56 UTC
What Solo said.. or maybe `bite`? Or `nibble`? `:-)` Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]