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Document that only functions and not variables can end with "-p"

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 26564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#26564: Document that only functions and not variables can end with "-p"
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 23:44:12 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> 3. Is there a proposal for a _different_ naming convention
> for Boolean variables?  I'd argue that we should have some
> such a naming convention.  And I'd argue that it should be
> different for options and non-option variables.

That's a good point indeed.

An alternative to "-p" would be "is-", like `foo-is-negative'.

Not using -p would also have an advantage: you could distinguish boolean
variables from variables bound to a predicate function.


Michael.

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