Re: RFC 290 (v1) Remove -X

[Nathan Wiger]

Adam Turoff wrote:
>
> That's a stone's throw awaty from:
> 
>         import english
>         from english import filetest
> 
>         result = filetest.readable("/dev/null")
> 
> I think the common prefix idea is a nonstarter.  There must be a way
> to coming up with sensible names for all of -X that don't conflict
> with the core library. 

I think perhaps that Uri was suggesting more a common letter prefix,
such as:

  freadable($file);
  fwritable($file);
  fexecutable($file);

Than a piece of bastardized Pythonesque syntax. ;-)

-Nate