No need to define String#starts_with? and #ends_with? as Ruby 1.8 support is deprecated.

The methods were introduced with Ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.0, and since the library is now only targeted 1.9.2+ there is no need for this extra code.

Author: Tobias Haagen Michaelsen

lib/openid/extras.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 require 'uri'
 
-require "openid/extras"
-
 module OpenID
 
   module URINorm

lib/openid/urinorm.rb

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 require "uri"
 require "logger"
 
-require "openid/extras"
-
 # See OpenID::Consumer or OpenID::Server modules, as well as the store classes
 module OpenID
   class AssertionError < Exception

lib/openid/util.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 require 'uri'
 require 'openid/yadis/constants'
 require 'openid/yadis/discovery'
-require 'openid/extras'
 require 'openid/util'
 
 module OpenID

test/discoverdata.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require 'test/unit'
 require 'testutil'
 require 'openid/yadis/accept'
-require 'openid/extras'
 require 'openid/util'
 
 module OpenID

test/test_accept.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require 'test/unit'
 require 'openid/consumer/discovery_manager'
-require 'openid/extras'
 require 'testutil'
 
 module OpenID

test/test_discovery_manager.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'test/unit'
-require 'openid/extras'
 
 class StartsWithTestCase < Test::Unit::TestCase
     def test_starts_with