true false vs yes no

The term "isLightOn" due to it sounding like a question suggests it having variability

(being a variable): isLightOn = yes ; isLightOn = no ; both seem logically valid.

In programming, the term does not stand alone; the term has a context provided by other code statements -- if, while ...

if isLightOn { }

while isLightOn { }

Those seem like peculiar questions.

The term "lightIsOn" due to it sounding like an answer suggests it being non-variable (being a value, perhaps an enum) conditionOfLight = lightIsOn ; conditionOfLight = lightIsDimmed ;
conditionOfLight = lightIsOff; seem logically valid.

When more than 2 states are needed, Yes/No True/False won't be enough.

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On Sunday, February 7, 2016 8:23 AM, Oliver M <selectedfordeletion@yahoo.com> wrote:

I'm mildly in favor of adding yes/no, but very much against removing true/false.

This should probably move to the swift-evolution list.

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On Feb 7, 2016, at 09:19, Isaac Gouy via swift-users <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:

On Sunday, February 7, 2016 8:23 AM, Oliver M <selectedfordeletion@yahoo.com> wrote:

The term "isLightOn" due to it sounding like a question suggests it having variability

(being a variable): isLightOn = yes ; isLightOn = no ; both seem logically valid.

In programming, the term does not stand alone; the term has a context provided by other code statements -- if, while ...

if isLightOn { }

while isLightOn { }

Those seem like peculiar questions.

The term "lightIsOn" due to it sounding like an answer suggests it being non-variable (being a value, perhaps an enum) conditionOfLight = lightIsOn ; conditionOfLight = lightIsDimmed ;
conditionOfLight = lightIsOff; seem logically valid.

When more than 2 states are needed, Yes/No True/False won't be enough.
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