glob instead of regexp

[Thomas Arendsen Hein]

* vadim at mbdsys.com <vadim at mbdsys.com> [20050714 11:44]:
> >>>But that's precisely the idea: you just always start your regexps with
> >>>^.  Need to match something arbitrary inside the string?  ^.*
> >>
> >>By the way, this is the way numerous programs distinguish between
> >>shell patterns and regular expression (Exim, for example).
>
> Why can't we simply prefix the expression with  're:'  in one case ang 
> 'glob:'  ub the ather?

I suggest the following compromise:

Patterns are glob by default,
patterns after "re:" are considered regexps.

Any objections?

Thomas

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