Improve code generated for starts_with(<literal char>)

src/libcore/str/pattern.rs

@@ -715,16 +715,13 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Pattern<'a> for &'b str {
     /// Checks whether the pattern matches at the front of the haystack
     #[inline]
     fn is_prefix_of(self, haystack: &'a str) -> bool {
-        haystack.is_char_boundary(self.len()) &&
-            self == &haystack[..self.len()]
+        haystack.as_bytes().starts_with(self.as_bytes())
     }
 
     /// Checks whether the pattern matches at the back of the haystack
     #[inline]
     fn is_suffix_of(self, haystack: &'a str) -> bool {
-        self.len() <= haystack.len() &&
-            haystack.is_char_boundary(haystack.len() - self.len()) &&
-            self == &haystack[haystack.len() - self.len()..]
+        haystack.as_bytes().ends_with(self.as_bytes())
     }
 }