# File lib/core/facets/file/read.rb, line 30
  def self.read_list(filepath, chomp_string='')
    farr = nil
    farr = read(filepath).split("\n")
    farr.collect! { |line|
      l = line.strip.chomp(chomp_string)
      (l.empty? or l[0,1] == '#') ? nil : l
    }
    farr.compact
  end