Re: [DotGNU]Pattern Matching in System.IO.Directory

[Stephen Compall]

Charles Shuller wrote:
> Several of the GetFile* functions actually accept a string called 
> 'Pattern'.  Unless I'm missing something, there is no real definition 
> for how pattern should work, but the spec implies, when it states path 
> seperators are not allowed, that the Pattern is a generic 'GLOB' thing. 
>    For instance, foo.*  or *.bar or ?oo.bar.
>
> I would much rather implement a full blown regexp implementation, using 
> libc's backing regexp library.

Why not both? Put an Icall in pnetlib that uses the libc glob function 
(or calls support/ILglob or something like that), then put the better 
version in dotgnu-base.

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Stephen Compall
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