From: Glenn Parker Date: 2005-03-30T07:40:15+09:00 Subject: Re: ! haphazard bertrandmuscle@yahoo.com wrote: > > I don't agree with this statement. This would be true, perhaps, if the > !bang method was some kind of loaded module and not part of the core > language. The essence of the language itself should be consistent beyond > anything else. The "!" is a purely rhetorical convention, like Hungarian notation (ick). I think the core library uses "!" in a consistent manner, but nothing about the essence of the language requires a matching "!" version for every method. -- Glenn Parker | glenn.parker-AT-comcast.net |