From: "H.Yamamoto" <ocean@...2.ccsnet.ne.jp>
Date: 2004-02-23T15:33:35+09:00
Subject: Re: File.fnmatch's behavior

Thanks, Gavin.

>> Hi, rubyists.
>>
>> I'm now thinking of File.fnmatch's behavior.
>> I've read [ruby-dev:16555] and agreed the point
>>
>>   "It sounds good to me that FNM_PATHNAME behavior is default (and
>> introduce oposite flag like FNM_SLASHMATCH),
>>    and '**/' is implemented."
>>
>> Is this change acceptable?
>
>I like it.  fnmatch is one of those few methods whose documentation I have
>to look up every time I use it.  And then it doesn't do what I want, so I
>need to experiment with irb.

I'm glad to here that.

>Your proposal seems a step in the right direction.  I'd like to see some
>"real-world" examples, rather than the "a/b" stuff, though.

I've already written dir.c to replace "ruby-1.9.0(2004-02-23) Rev1.107".
Maybe this can help you.

Regards,
Yamamoto