Naming Conventions: What to name a boolean variabl

Question

I need a good variable name for a boolean value that returns false when an object is the last in a list.

The only decent name I can come up with is 'inFront', but I don't think that is descriptive enough.

Another choose would be 'isNotLast'. This is not good practice though (Code Complete, page 269, Use positive boolean variable names).

I am aware that I could change the variable definition. So true is returned when an object is the last and call the variable 'isLast', however, it would make this task easier if I had the first explanation.

Answer 1

I would call the variable beforeLast.

Answer 2

hasFollowingItems? or hasFollowingXXXXs where XXXX is whatever the item in your list is?

Answer 3

isPenultimateOrPrior

isBeforeEnd

Answer 4

A simple semantic name would be last. This would allow code always positive code like:

if (item.last)
    ...

do {
   ...
} until (item.last);

Answer 5

Haskell uses init to refer to all but the last element of a list (the inverse of tail, basically); would isInInit work, or is that too opaque?