On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 04:55:36 +0900, Tanaka Akira <akr / m17n.org> wrote:
> In article <20050205145144.GA13678 / ensemble.local >,
>   Sam Roberts <sroberts / uniserve.com > writes:
> > Perhaps #subdomain?
> The term "subdomain" is good.
> 
> But I feel two possibile meanings with A.subdomain?(B) :
> 
> * A is a subdomain of B
> * B is a subdomain of A
> 
> Is it clear for native speakers?

Might I suggest #include? instead? Thus, (using <> strings to
represent instances of the class under discussion):

  <.ca>.include?(<halostatue.ca>) # => true
  <halostatue.ca>.include?(<www.halostatue.ca>) # => true

But, I don't use this functionality at all, so you can safely ignore
my suggestion here.

-austin
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               * Alternate: austin / halostatue.ca