From: Helmut Leitner <helmut.leitner@...>
Date: 2002-04-01T19:29:49+09:00
Subject: Re: String#begins?(s)



Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> 
> 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.

Would you like
  "head?"
  "tail?"
?

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