From: py Date: 2006-10-06T04:20:15+09:00 Subject: Re: question mark at end of method name Paul Lutus wrote: > .empty? means "is it empty?". It tries to suggest that a question is being > asked. It's unfortunate that the "!" syntax, which seems similar, actually > means "apply the result to the present object." thanks....couldn't find that in the documentation I've read so far.