name_tamer.rb in name-tamer-0.0.1

- old
+ new

@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_post-nominal_letters_(USA)
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_post-nominal_letters_(United_Kingdom)
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobiliary_particle
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_naming_customs
 # http://linguistlist.org/pubs/tocs/JournalUnifiedStyleSheet2007.pdf [PDF]
-require 'active_support/core_ext/object'
 
 class NameTamer
   attr_reader :name, :contact_type
 
   class << self
@@ -276,18 +275,18 @@
   # We pass to this routine either prefixes or suffixes
   def remove_outermost_adfix adfix_type, name_part
     adfixes       = ADFIX_PATTERNS[adfix_type]
     contact_type  = contact_type_best_effort
     parts         = name_part.partition adfixes[contact_type]
-    @adfix_found  = parts[1].present?
+    @adfix_found  = !parts[1].empty?
 
     # If the contact type is indeterminate and we didn't find a diagnostic adfix
     # for a person then try again for an organization
     if @contact_type.nil?
       unless @adfix_found
         contact_type  = :organization
         parts         = name_part.partition adfixes[contact_type]
-        @adfix_found  = parts[1].present?
+        @adfix_found  = !parts[1].empty?
       end
     end
 
     if @adfix_found
       # If we've found a diagnostic adfix then set the contact type