> Well, as discussed briefly in an earlier thread,
> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg08514.html
> if we allow ! in function names, we can distinguish between the normal
> and in-place versions of functions without proliferating the number of
> keywords.
>
> chomp! $string; # how chomp() currently works
> my $chomped_string = chomp $string; # like your chomped() function
Or, rather than this over-excited syntax, perhaps we could distinguish
the pure function:
chomp $string; # return a chomped copy of $string
from the method:
chomp $string: ; # chomp the original $string
# a.k.a. $string.chomp;
Damian
