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Hi there, On Mon, 14 Mar 2022, Ovid via perl5-porters wrote: > The most accurate description I can think of is something like: > > was_initialized_as_number() > > But we don't do past-tense, so perhaps the slightly awkward: > > is_initialized_as_number() > > I *think* this is: > > * Accurate > * Non-native speakers will already know "Initialized" > * Long and cumbersome enough to be annoying :( > > I'd welcome something better... ISTR that I saw some allusion to this earlier, but would it not be helpful to consider how the value is to be used, rather than what may or may not have been done to it at some uncertain point in history? Something like treat_as_number() to_be_used_as_number() considered_to_be_number() ... -- 73, Ged.Thread Previous | Thread Next