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+//===- llvm/ADT/StringViewExtras.h - Useful string_view functions C++ -*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// This file contains some functions that are useful when dealing with
+/// string_views.
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_ADT_STRINGVIEWEXTRAS_H
+#define LLVM_ADT_STRINGVIEWEXTRAS_H
+
+#include <string_view>
+
+namespace llvm {
+
+// FIXME: std::string_view::starts_with is not available until C++20. Once LLVM
+// is upgraded to C++20, remove this header and users.
+
+inline constexpr bool starts_with(std::string_view self, char C) {
+ return !self.empty() && self.front() == C;
+}
+inline constexpr bool starts_with(std::string_view haystack,
+ std::string_view needle) {
+ return haystack.substr(0, needle.size()) == needle;
+}
+
+} // end namespace llvm
+
+#endif // LLVM_ADT_STRINGVIEWEXTRAS_H
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+//===- StringExtrasTest.cpp - Unit tests for String extras ----------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "llvm/ADT/StringViewExtras.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
+#include "gmock/gmock.h"
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+#include <string_view>
+
+using namespace llvm;
+
+TEST(StringViewExtrasTest, starts_with) {
+ std::string haystack = "hello world";
+ EXPECT_TRUE(llvm::starts_with(haystack, 'h'));
+ EXPECT_FALSE(llvm::starts_with(haystack, '\0'));
+ EXPECT_TRUE(llvm::starts_with(haystack, "hello"));
+ // TODO: should this differ from \0?
+ EXPECT_TRUE(llvm::starts_with(haystack, ""));
+
+ std::string empty;
+ EXPECT_FALSE(llvm::starts_with(empty, 'h'));
+ EXPECT_FALSE(llvm::starts_with(empty, '\0'));
+ EXPECT_FALSE(llvm::starts_with(empty, "hello"));
+ // TODO: should this differ from \0?
+ EXPECT_TRUE(llvm::starts_with(empty, ""));
+}