isCharacter, isClass, isFloat, isInteger, isMetaclass, isDBString, isSBString, isString, isSymbol
"self class = {NameOfClass}" "self isKindOf: {NameOfClass}"
Each Smalltalk dialect has its own list of short forms; the choices are usually driven by implementation details. Smalltalk/V has a large number of such methods, while Objectworks\Smalltalk uses only a few. In CLDT we have chosen a middle course. Note that Smalltalk/V uses the spelling MetaClass rather than the Blue Book spelling Metaclass, which is used in CLDT and Objectworks\Smalltalk.