Aug. 10, 2010
11:11 p.m.
---- On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:41:09 -0700 jaayer wrote ----
The first form is already in use elsewhere in the API and has some advantages over the third person singular form (the "is" prefix).
I meant to say here that the "is" prefix is an advantage over the third person singular form (because people recognize it right away as indicating a boolean return value) and not that it is the third person singular (it isn't).