Re: PATCH: short-circuiting glob exclusion operator

[Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 7 Apr 2016 20:18:30 -0700
Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Apr 7,  9:10pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> }
> } It looks like it has to be Y- (or something else)
> 
> I considered suggesting (Y/) for "short-circuit directories".

That might be a good idea.

> } @@ -735,13 +738,47 @@ patcompile(char *exp, int inflags, char **endexp)
> } +	    /*
> } +	     * The top-level ~~ is the last thing that can appear.
> } +	     */
> 
> Is that comment about ~~ still meaningful?

There are a few comments that need updating.

pws