Definitive article is capitalized... shoud it be?

[sshaw]

Hi!

Given the below example, shouldn't AS be in lowercase?

irb > 'HARRY POTTER E AS RELÍQUIAS DA MORTE: PARTE 2'.titleize_pt_br
 => "Harry Potter e As RelÍquias da Morte: Parte 2"

While I'm not necessary a fan of such chicanery, have you considered an interface like this (untested):

module TitleizePTBR
  def self.include(m)
    if m.instance_methods.include? :titleize
      m.class_eval  do 
        alias :old_titleize :titleize
        def titleize(*locale)  
           locale.first == :pt_BR ? titleize_pt_br : old_titleize  # check arity  of old_titleize
        end
      end
    end
  end

  def titleize_pt_br
     # ...
  end
end

class String
  include TitleizePTBR
end

s="surra de bunda"
p s.titleize            # Surra De Bunda
p s.titleize(:pt_BR)     # Surra de Bunda

[beneti]

Hi, I need to check brazilian portuguese grammar, but I think you are right. And there is an error, there is an accent in the world 'RELÍQUIAS' and it isn't in uppercase. I will study your suggestion. Thanks!