On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 04:53:59PM -0400, Randall S. Becker wrote:
> What about something like:
>
> [includeIf "env:PATH ~= '^(.*😊)/usr/bin(:.*)*$' "]
>
> Using single quotes and a full regex pattern instead of trying to
> provide a syntax to extract a pattern and then match. One call to
> regexec() would be easier. Then escaping is regcomp's problem
> (mostly). Potentially, you could even remove the outer ", but that
> would be wonky. You could omit the ^ and $ by default assuming a full
> match.
I almost suggested that, but then...how do you put single-quotes in your
pattern? You can backslash-escape them, but:
- do you need to escape the backslash to get it through the config
parser intact?
- it seems extra funny to me because single quotes usually imply a
lack of interpolation
-Peff
