Nis Jørgensen wrote: > The problem is, these functions can be read as "X is [consisting only > of] digit[s]", "X is lower [case]" etc, where the bits in brackets have > been removed for brewity. In the case of "s1 is intersect s2" there is > no way I can see of adding words to get a correct sentence. The > "obvious" naming is "s1.intersects(s2)" which reads as "s1 intersects > s2", a perfectly cromulent sentence.
Agree. A possible alternative would be "s1.hasintersection(s2)", but s1.intersects(s2) is ok as well. -- Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
