if !strings.HasPrefix(pattern, "*") {
		return false
	}
	pattern = strings.TrimPrefix(pattern, "*")
	return strings.HasSuffix(a, pattern)
}

// isKeyInList it's fine to use this naive implementation for searching in a very short list.
func isKeyInList(key string, list []string) bool {
	for _, l := range list {
		if key == l {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false

		// has a * prefix. For example, "*-td" can match with "old-td" and "new-td", but we only want
		// to keep the principal as-is in the generated config, .i.e. *-td.
		if !isKeyInList(newPrincipal, principalsForAliases) {
			principalsForAliases = append(principalsForAliases, newPrincipal)
		}
	}
	return principalsForAliases
}