On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Ralph Mason wrote:
> I like the 'Is' I should have thought of that myself. Thanks for the
> suggestion.

the Java convention is to start method names with a lowercase.
Full-titlecase is a C#/Pascal convention.

> > Ralph Mason wrote:
> > > empty_test ( or perhaps empty_q ) names ending with a ?

AFAIK... the Lisp convention (since the 60's) is to use a "p" suffix like
"oddp" meaning "is_odd". the "q" suffix is reserved for macros and special
forms. the "f" suffix is for "mutable" or something.

In Scheme (late 70's), "p" was replaced by "?", and "f" was replaced by
"!"; those two suffixes should be familiar by now...

Now every *real* Lisp programmer on this channel will know that I don't
know anything about Lisp, but I don't care. =)

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