From: Jari Williamsson <jari.williamsson@...>
Date: 2008-02-17T18:46:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Use of ? in variable names

Morton Goldberg wrote:
> 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.

What would it add, in a world of short methods and encapsulation of 
instance variables? I also feel there's a difference between a ? query 
method that returns a boolean result and a static boolean value.


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson