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Re: non-greedy matching?

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: non-greedy matching?
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:32:46 +0000
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Bart wrote:
> And having this as a parameter expansion flag doesn't help when it
> comes to glob patterns, which is (I rationalize) why I never thought
> of searching for it.
> 
> Anyone for adding another extendedglob flag?  (#g)?  (Maybe another
> letter would be better, since the flag would turn -off- greediness.)

It's not currently done in the globbing code, it's done by looping in the
parameter code.  It could be tricky to add directly.

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Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Unit 300, Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0XL, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 392070

References:
- Re: non-greedy matching?
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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