[PATCH libevdev v2 2/5] Add startswith() helper

[David Herrmann]

Simple helper that use strncmp() to test whether a given string
starts with a given suffix. While it doesn't reduce code-size by much,
it is a lot more readable than the strncmp() usage.

Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann at gmail.com>
---
 libevdev/libevdev-util.h | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libevdev/libevdev-util.h b/libevdev/libevdev-util.h
index 3a40a61..ad26853 100644
--- a/libevdev/libevdev-util.h
+++ b/libevdev/libevdev-util.h
@@ -24,8 +24,16 @@
 #define _UTIL_H_
 
 #include <config.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include "libevdev-int.h"
 
+static inline bool
+startswith(const char *str, size_t len, const char *prefix, size_t plen)
+{
+	return len >= plen && !strncmp(str, prefix, min(len, plen));
+}
+
 static inline int
 bit_is_set(const unsigned long *array, int bit)
 {
-- 
1.8.4.1