From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2002-04-01T23:33:39+09:00
Subject: Re: String#begins?(s)

Hello --

On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Rik Hemsley wrote:

> #if Garance A Drosihn
> > At 12:31 PM +0900 4/1/02, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> > >I don't like the name "begins?".  It's not obvious.
> > >I don't like names like "beginWith?" or "begin_with?" neither.
> >
> > prefix?
> > prefixes?
> > is_prefix?
>
> None of these are correct descriptions of what the method does.
>
> > has_prefix?
> > starts_with?
>
> These are better.
>
> prefixed_by?, starts_with?, begins_with? are the most suitable IMO, with
> begins_with? being the best.

I don't see how the first n chars of a string are a "prefix".  Mind you,
I'm not convinced that this method needs to be in the core language.
It seems like a good example of something that can be added easily,
ad hoc, using whatever name the person likes :-)


David

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