On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Parrot <[email protected]> wrote: > #1022: PGE::Glob needs docs. > -------------------+-------------------------------------------------------- > Reporter: coke | Owner: > Type: todo | Status: new > Priority: minor | Milestone: > Component: docs | Version: trunk > Severity: low | Keywords: > Lang: | Patch: > Platform: | > -------------------+-------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment(by jkeenan): > > Replying to [ticket:1022 coke]: > > PGE::Glob should have POD docs explaining the specific matching language > that is used. See Tcl::Glob for an example. > > > > This will help clarify that there are two different syntaxes available. > > Coke, I found very few differences between the PODs of these two files. > The Tcl::Glob file has this section: > {{{ > The following special characters are supported > > "?" Matches any single character > > "*" Matches any number of any characters, including no characters. > > "[chars]" > Matches any character in the given set. Sets are either a sequence > of explicit characters, or a range specified with a dash, e.g. > [aeiou] matches lower case ASCII vowels, while [a-z] matches any > lowercase ASCII letter. > > "\x" > Match a literal character, e.g. \* matches the literal "*", > avoiding > its special meaning. > }}} > ... which has no counterpart in the PGE::Glob file. But otherwise, > PGE::Glob looks well documented. > > Can you explain a bit more about what you think is missing? > > Thank you very much. > > kid51 >
That missing bit you describe is exactly the bit I mention in the missing ticket. The actual user-level syntax of the glob language used is never described in the docs. -- Will "Coke" Coleda _______________________________________________ parrot-tickets mailing list [email protected] http://lists.parrot.org/mailman/listinfo/parrot-tickets
