From: Andrew Grimm <andrew.j.grimm@...>
Date: 2011-11-12T21:14:07+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:40966] [ruby-trunk - Feature #5555] rename #include? to #includes?


Issue #5555 has been updated by Andrew Grimm.


The spelling chosen was deliberate, according to this 2001 email http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/18951

> > "responds_to?" probably makes more sense to English speakers than 
> > "respond_to?".
> 
> Maybe.  But I'm Japanese.  Ruby is not English.  It's the basic naming
> rule to avoid third person singular form in the standard libraries.
> 
>   you = Human.new
>   if you.respond_to?(:knock)
>     ...
>   end
> 
>   buddies = member.collect{|x| x.friend_of?(me)}
>   buddies.respond_to?(:select)

Such spelling also exists for many other methods, such as String#start_with?

If the spelling of include? were to be aliased, I'd recommend aliasing the spelling of all such methods, such as start_with? . Failing to do so would be a far greater inconsistency than include? versus has_key?
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Feature #5555: rename #include? to #includes?
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5555

Author: Alexey Muranov
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 


Shouldn't the #include? method be renamed to #includes? ?
I think this will be closer to correct English and consistent with #has_key? method (not #have_key?).


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