RE: [boost] filesystem/directory.hpp header redux

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-28 11:05:22

At 08:59 AM 3/28/2002, Stewart, Robert wrote:

 >From: Dylan Nicholson [mailto:dylan_nicholson_at_[hidden]]
 >> I'm not sure I'm too keen on using regular expressions for
 >> finding files, ...
 >>

 >In your own explanation, you show how two different OSes do it 
differently.
 >Other OSes probably have other rules.  Some may offer no such pattern
 >matching rules.  On Unix, the globbing is controlled by the shell, so 
there
 >is no standard other than the de facto standard created by the Bourne 
Shell
 >that most others follow to one degree or another.  However, bash augments 

 >it with {} which can be used to specify something between alternation and
 >sets.
 >For example, {abc,pdq,xyz} means substitute each of abc, pdq, and xyz in
 >that part of the pattern when looking for matches.
 >
 >Since there is no standard to follow, regular expressions are a great
 >equalizer and are more powerful to boot.  I can't see any reason not to
 >prefer REs for this task.

Agreed. That was my rationale for specifying RE's.

--Beman