Re: [Monotone-devel] rfc on h: selector behavior

[Nathaniel Smith]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 09:44:03AM +0200, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
> In message <address@hidden> on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:15:41 -0700, Emile Snyder 
> <address@hidden> said:
> 
> emile> [...] Also, that it's not clear whether h:* should mean
> emile> 
> emile> erase_ancestors(b:*)
> emile> or
> emile> union (erase_ancestors(b:b1), erase_ancestors(b:b2), ...)
> emile> 
> emile> Any opinions?
> 
> Actually, this transends to any globbing pattern.  After all, does
> h:com.circus.* mean `erase_ancestors(b:com.circus.*' or
> `union(erase_ancestors(b:com.circus.b1),
> erase_ancestors(b:com.circus.b2), ...)'?

Yeah, sure, 'twas just an example.

> Tough question, and I'm not sure I've the answer...

We couldn't decide on IRC either, so we figured we would be lazy and
poll the list :-).

The overall question was "should we allow globs at all", too.

-- Nathaniel

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