From: Stephen White <spwhite@...>
Date: 2001-08-24T11:04:21+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20232] Re: ruby accessing variables it doesn't need	to?

On 24 Aug 2001 10:41:41 +0900, Joseph McDonald wrote:
>   def getschop!
>     $_.chop! if $_ = gets
>     $_
>   end

Having mail problems, so you may see this 3 times or not at all. I give
up after this. :)

Looks like you're heading towards:

  def getschomp
    gets ? $_.chomp : nil
  end