Mention IO::Handle.say() as alternative to .print

Author: paultcochrane

lib/Language/io.pod

@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ of calling the C<open> function -- this time with the C<:w> (write) option
     $fh.print("data and stuff\n");
     $fh.close;
 
+Or equivalently with C<say>, thus the explicit newline is no longer necessary:
+
+    my $fh = open "testfile", :w;
+    $fh.say("data and stuff");
+    $fh.close;
+
 We can simplify this by using C<spurt> to open the file in write mode,
 writing the data to the file and closing it again for us:
 
@@ -60,7 +66,13 @@ handle explicitly,
     $fh.print("more data\n");
     $fh.close;
 
-or with the C<:append> option in the call to C<spurt>:
+or equivalently with C<say>, thus the explicit newline is no longer necessary,
+
+    my $fh = open "testfile", :a;
+    $fh.say("more data");
+    $fh.close;
+
+or even simpler with the C<:append> option in the call to C<spurt>:
 
     spurt "testfile", "more data\n", :append;