On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Zoffix Znet via RT <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > On Sun Sep 11 15:29:45 2016, tbrowder wrote: >> Uh, say "what?" :) > > I don't think that works as a justification. The put() is used much more > frequently than printf(), > so it makes sense to have it as a "\n"-adding alternative to print(). ... > You literally save 1 character of typing in a not the most used subroutine, > all for the price of 4 extra routines for developers to maintain and > document and for users to remember and debug when they miss > the `n` at the end of the sub name.
I would give up the fmt() routine if necessary to avoid extra maintenance.