Re: PATCH: configurability of pattern characters, part 2

[Peter Stephenson <p.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:50:23 -0700
Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Peter Stephenson
> <p.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
> > haswilds() is going to have to expand somewhat.
> >
> 
> Hrm, this idea has fingers in a lot of pies.

Obviously the glob code depends on patterns... is there something else
I've missed?

> Maybe I should be asking what motivated you to do this in the first
> place?

The feeling that people aren't using extended globbing because it's got
bits they don't want that confuse matters: ^ (with e.g. stty) and ~
(with backup files, particularly those with a ~ in the middle) are
particular gotchas.

pws