[issue29088] Inconsistent use of underscore in names that start with "is"

R. David Murray added the comment: Yep, that would be nice. But Python has evolved over time, and we must maintain backward compatibility. The names are what they are. -- nosy: +r.david.murray resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed __

[issue29088] Inconsistent use of underscore in names that start with "is"

New submission from Kodiologist: Compare ``isinstance``, ``issubclass``, and ``islower`` to ``is_integer``, ``is_fifo``, and ``is_enabled``. In Python 3.6, of all the names in the standard library starting with ``is``, I count 69 names with the underscore and 91 without. It seems better to pic