From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-04-01T12:31:55+09:00
Subject: Re: String#begins?(s)

Hi,

In message "String#begins?(s)"
    on 02/04/01, Tim Sutherland <timsuth@ihug.co.nz> writes:

|class String
|    def begins?(s)
|        self[0...(s.size)] == s
|    end
|end
|
|Worthwhile?

I don't like the name "begins?".  It's not obvious.
I don't like names like "beginWith?" or "begin_with?" neither.

							matz.
p.s.
If you can find a good name, you've accomplished 90% of the job.