Adam Turoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I plan to offer a more formal RFC of this idea.
> 
> Z.
> 
> =item perl6storm #0101
> 
> Just like the "use english" pragma (the modern not-yet-written
> version of "use English" module), make something for legible
> fileops.
> 
>     is_readable(file) is really -r(file)

Has unpleasant syntax saying "is_readable".  Should be like normal
English predicates.  Get the idea you do.  Is better even the Lisp -p
convention!

What's wrong with doing it like I (and maybe a few others) speak, and
saying "readable(file)"?  The "is_" prefix serves only to make
predicates impossible to read out, leading to thinkos.

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