* Strip off the `.nix' suffix from the attribute name for files in

~/.nix-defexpr,  otherwise the attribute cannot be selected with the
  `-A' option.  Useful if you want to stick a Nix expression directly
  in ~/.nix-defexpr.

src/libutil/hash.cc

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ Hash hashString(HashType ht, const string & s)
     start(ht, ctx);
     update(ht, ctx, (const unsigned char *) s.c_str(), s.length());
     finish(ht, ctx, hash.hash);
+    //printMsg(lvlError, format("hashString %1% --> %2%:\n%3%\n===========END======") % s.size() % printHash(hash) % s);
     return hash;
 }
 

src/libutil/util.cc

@@ -1046,6 +1046,12 @@ bool string2Int(const string & s, long long & n)
 }
 
 
+bool hasSuffix(const string & s, const string & suffix)
+{
+    return s.size() >= suffix.size() && string(s, s.size() - suffix.size()) == suffix;
+}
+
+
 void ignoreException()
 {
     try {

src/libutil/util.hh

@@ -294,6 +294,10 @@ bool string2Int(const string & s, int & n);
 bool string2Int(const string & s, long long & n);
 
 
+/* Return true iff `s' ends in `suffix'. */
+bool hasSuffix(const string & s, const string & suffix);
+
+
 /* Exception handling in destructors: print an error message, then
    ignore the exception. */
 void ignoreException();