[DotGNU]Pattern Matching in System.IO.Directory

[Charles Shuller]

Several of the GetFile* functions actually accept a string called 
'Pattern'.  Unless I'm missing something, there is no real definition 
for how pattern should work, but the spec implies, when it states path 
seperators are not allowed, that the Pattern is a generic 'GLOB' thing. 
   For instance, foo.*  or *.bar or ?oo.bar.

I would much rather implement a full blown regexp implementation, using 
libc's backing regexp library.  I think it will be far more usefull to 
anyone actually using it, plus, it will still behave as expected for the 
simpler version outlined above.  Just not throw an exception if a path 
seperator is included(as a path seperator in Windows could be an escape 
character for regexp)

Does anyone have any problems with this?  Do we need to supply a 
strictly conformant mode somehow?  (I'm thinking no on the later, as 
strictly conforming applications will still behave as expected).


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Charles Shuller
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