Re^4: One to one file output idiom

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Re^5: One to one file output idiom by jdporter (Paladin) on Jan 17, 2020 at 03:11 UTC
As a native speaker, I can tell you that "spew" here is completely natural. It's not a synonym of "vomit" and does not carry the negative overtones of that word. It's also not the same as "spit", for the same reason, as well as implying a different (greater) volume of matter being ejected. :-)	[reply]
Re^6: One to one file output idiom by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Jan 17, 2020 at 16:31 UTC
Not super common but it is a euphemism for vomit. There is a rather amusing pun about it in Egil’s Saga—Egil drinks till he’s sick and stands to nearly smother his excessively loquacious, one might say logorrheic :P, dinner host in vomit. When the dinner party responds in angry shock he says, paraphrased: He was spewing all night, so you can’t be mad at me for doing the same. It’s worth noting that vomit probably has 100, easy, synonyms/euphemisms/idioms in American English.	[reply]
Re^6: One to one file output idiom by LanX (Saint) on Jan 17, 2020 at 04:33 UTC
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spew `spew verb spewed; spewing; spews Definition of spew (Entry 1 of 2) intransitive verb 1 : vomit 2 : to come forth in a flood or gush 3 : to ooze out as if under pressure : exude transitive verb 1 : vomit 2 : to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity +a volcano spewing out ash —often used with out spew noun Definition of spew (Entry 2 of 2) 1 : matter that is vomited : vomit 2 : material that exudes or is extruded` [download] the cognate in German "speien" has mostly the same meanings Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: One to one file output idiom by jdporter (Paladin) on Jan 23, 2020 at 14:47 UTC
Meh. I'm telling you, most speakers of modern English don't think of "spew" as a synonym for "vomit". Those other definitions are pretty much spot on, though. The one case where people use "spew" to mean "vomit" anymore is when they're using euphemisms, notably in the case of barfing due to alcohol consumption. :-) OMG, I'm gonna spew!	[reply]
Re^8: One to one file output idiom by pryrt (Abbot) on Jan 24, 2020 at 16:07 UTC
Re^8: One to one file output idiom by LanX (Saint) on Jan 23, 2020 at 15:31 UTC
Re^9: One to one file output idiom by Fletch (Bishop) on Jan 23, 2020 at 18:41 UTC
Re^9: One to one file output idiom by jdporter (Paladin) on Jan 24, 2020 at 03:32 UTC
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Re^6: One to one file output idiom by LanX (Saint) on Jan 17, 2020 at 05:02 UTC
After second thought ... It's "slurp" - eating noisily - which is the misnomer. To gulp would be a more accurate description for devouring a whole file. Spew would fit then. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply]
Re^7: One to one file output idiom by haukex (Archbishop) on Jan 17, 2020 at 08:03 UTC
FWIW, Path::Class::File and IO::Any also use "`spew`" (old versions of the File::Slurp docs used the term as well); Mojo::File uses "`spurt`". I think all of these method names are not meant to be taken 100% seriously `;-)` (I also found IO::Barf, if you like it more direct)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^8: One to one file output idiom by LanX (Saint) on Jan 17, 2020 at 14:03 UTC


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