This had bugged me too. But the solution I had arrived at is slightly
different. What do you think?
($retval, $scalar) = chomp $scalar;
or
($retval, @list) = chomp @list;
In list mode chomp returns a list whose first element is the return value,
the remainder being the modified value(s).
In current scalar mode, chomp acts upon the value(s) *in place* and returns
a value.
Pro's:
Breaks nothing
Fairly intuitive. To make it more so, perhaps perlrun should place
an emphasis upon list mode usage...?
Ref [1]: http://tmtowtdi.perl.org/rfc/58.pod
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