baseName(path).startsWith(something)

[monarch_dodra]

On Thursday, 9 January 2014 at 18:53:58 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
> Neither this
>
> if (path.baseName.startsWith(something))
>     doThis();
>
> nor this
>
> if (startsWith(baseName(path), something))
>     doThis();
>
> but a combination of the two
>
> if (baseName(path).startsWith(something))
>     doThis();
>
> make it possible to write readable sentences.
>
> -Martin

...is that a question?

I find the first is most readable. Well, (IMO) with added parens 
too:

if (path.baseName().startsWith(something))
     doThis();

The "standard" one:
startsWith(baseName(path), something)
looks just plain horrible (IMO).

The last one looks... intermediate.