On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Domenic Denicola <
dome...@domenicdenicola.com> wrote:
> > If we call it "has", should we also rename String.prototype.contains?
>
> I'd say no; the distinction between collections "having" an element and
> strings "containing" a substring seems very sensible. It's a bit more
> awkward to say a string "has" a substring, and a string is definitely not a
> collection of substrings in any reasonable sense.
>
Well, you could also note that array.has(x) looks for a particular value,
while map.has(x) looks for a particular key.
But that's not the point. There's no common formal contract implemented by
all these methods; what they share is an informal "hey, look in this thing,
and tell me if you see that thing" vibe.
I like the idea of being able to say str.has(",") or str.has("=>") or
str.has("@jorendorff") and have them all just work.
-j
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