From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2008-02-17T08:50:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Use of ? in variable names

On Feb 16, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Michael Brooks wrote:

> Hello everyone:
>
> Why can't I name boolean variables with a "?" on the end?  The "?"  
> can be used on the end of methods but not variable.

Because the rules for naming methods are different from the rules for  
naming variables.

> So why isn't this allowed?  Did I miss something?

You aren't missing anything -- you're just in denial over Ruby's  
lexical rules. Maybe you can convince Matz to change the rules to way  
you want them to work. But I doubt it.

Regards, Morton