- Returns a new string with the last character removed. If the string ends
- with `\r\n`, both characters are removed. Applying chop to an empty
- string returns an empty string. If you wish to merely remove record
- separators then you should use the `chomp` function.
+ @summary
+ **Deprecated** Returns a new string with the last character removed.
+
+ If the string ends with `\r\n`, both characters are removed. Applying
+ chop to an empty string returns an empty string. If you wish to merely
+ remove record separators then you should use the `chomp` function.