I've recently started using a kind of middle ground by putting spaces around the !. Makes it harder to miss without losing the "reads like text" property that's

I've recently started using a kind of middle ground by putting spaces around the !. Makes it harder to miss without losing the "reads like text" property that's lost when using == false. if ( ! isLast(e) ) reads perfectly, especially since my native language doesn't insert the "not" im the middle like english does and my brain is used to that. if (isLast(e) == false) just jolts me out of that state where code reads as fluently as text. YMMV, of course, and I have a suspicion that your native language might play a role in that...