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Re: [PATCH/WIP 0/3] Bye bye fnmatch()

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 19, 2012, 13:21 UTC
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On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
> For those who have not followed, nd/wildmatch brings another
> fnmatch-like implementation which can nearly replace fnmatch.
> System fnmatch() seems to behave differently in some cases. It's
> better to stay away and use one implementation for all.

Oh I forgot. Case-insensitive matching will be available to everybody. On the other hand it'll be a lot more work to (implement and) use other FNM_* flags like FNM_PERIOD.

-- 
Duy
Previous: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
Message 11 of 11 in “Bye bye fnmatch()”
  1. 0/3 Bye bye fnmatch()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 19, 2012
  2. 1/3 wildmatch: make dowild() take arbitrary flagsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 19, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2012
  4. 2/3 wildmatch: support "no FNM_PATHNAME" modeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 19, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2012
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 20, 2012
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 20, 2012
  8. 3/3 Convert all fnmatch() calls to wildmatch()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 19, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2012
  10. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 20, 2012
  11. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 19, 2012

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