RE: canonical name ending "-p"

["Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> It means predicate. Functions ending in -p return either t
> or nil, and variables ending in -p contain either t or nil.

Actually, either non-nil (true) or nil (false).

"Boolean" in Lisp can mean this or it can mean strictly `t' or `nil'.
Generally, any non-nil value is taken to mean true, but for `defcustom' the
:type `boolean' limits the value to t or nil.

Also, most people do _not_ use `-p' when naming a boolean variable.  I use it
that way quite often, but some Emacs developers frown on this use.

For user options, some people (including me) use the suffix `-flag' for a
boolean option.  I tend to use `-p' for internal variables (non-options).