From: Ralph Mason <ralph.mason@...>
Date: 2001-11-19T07:35:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25796] Re: Translating ruby method names - opinions wanted

I like the 'Is' I should have thought of that myself. Thanks for the
suggestion.

I liked the symmetry of the _test and _self so I am thinking  of perhaps
appending Me to the end of the name in place of the !

So we get

myObj.MutateMe

Ralph

Kent Dahl wrote:

> Ralph Mason wrote:
> > empty_test ( or perhaps empty_q ) names ending with a ?
>
> May I suggest:
> is_empty or isEmpty ?
>
> > squeeze_self ( or perhaps empty_i )  for names with an !
>
> That one is tougher, but
> squeeze_inplace or squeezeInplace
> might help indicate that it mutates the object.