From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > > Even though we already added has_suffix() for tail matches, it is > not too late to rethink, as it is not in 'master' yet. > > One thing I noticed is that it is probably misnamed, or at least in > a way that invites confusion. Can people tell which one of these is > correct without looking at existing callsites? > > has_suffix(filename, "txt"); > has_suffix(filename, ".txt"); > > The semantics of the function we have is the latter and is better > called endswith(), I suspect. And the corresponding function to > check for head matches should probably be called beginswith(). I don't know if has_suffix() is confusing for a native speaker. After a look at some languages, Python has "startwith()" and "endswith()", and Java has "startWith()" and "endsWith()". So I agree that it is a good name. But while we are at it, why not "ends_with()" and "begins_with()"? To me using an underscore seems more consistent with what we are doing in Git. Thanks, Christian. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html