Inconsistent naming in IO module

[ponychicken]

Elixir and Erlang/OTP versions

all

Operating system

all

Current behavior

IO.inspect, IO.read etc all use the grammar case "infinitive" (to inspect, to read, etc).
But IO.puts uses an inflected form (it puts) instead of the same form.

While most people using Elixir have probably gotten used to this, these inconsistency are small barriers for new people.

Expected behavior

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[josevalim]

Many of the IO and File functions follow the Unix conventions. In this case, puts stands for put string. While I understand not everyone is familiar with the Unix convention, it was an explicit design decision to follow that rather than introduce a new one, and we don’t plan to change it. If you want, feel free to submit a PR to puts and gets to clarify what they stand for and where they come from. Thanks!