[Python-ideas] What about allowing '?' in method names?

[Antoine Pitrou]

Steven D'Aprano <steve at ...> writes:
> 
> What makes you think that the question mark is a clue-in that a yes/no 
> answer is expected?

AFAIK it is a widely-used convention in the Ruby world.
I'd even go as far as saying that it's quite pretty, as a typographical
convention (not that other Ruby conventions are :-)).

> In any case, I don't think that "returns a boolean flag" versus "returns 
> a non-flag" is an important distinction.

I don't think this is a valid argument here. If '?' were to be allowed in
identifier names (or at least at their end), people would be free to choose
whatever convention they like.