[Boost-users] Re: interest in a glob_iterator? (directory_iterator with regex)

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-14 22:32:01

Rich Johnson <rjohnson_at_[hidden]> writes:

> O.K. I'll do it.  But my first task is to get a discussion going on
> the developer's list.

I'd want to see it decomposed into the following components:

  1. A function which translates glob patterns into regexes

  2. A filter_iterator adaptor which uses a regex matching function
     to match the paths from a directory_iterator

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Dave Abrahams
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