On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:

>      // And perhaps some globbing:
>      // Import any variable with abc in its name from anywhere.
>      // Could alternatively use SQL-style or perhaps real regex
>      // expressions here although I think full regex support would be
>      // slightly overkill and perhaps too confusing for people.
>      import_globals("GPCES","*abc*");

This sounds brilliant.

Would something glob(3)bish be a bad idea? I could imagine that

        1) more people are familiar with it than with regexs
        2) it'd be easier to grasp in the first place

> -Rasmus

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