[pbs-devel] [PATCH pathpatterns] match_list: added `matches_path()` function, which matches only the path

[Wolfgang Bumiller]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 10:32:59AM +0200, Wolfgang Bumiller wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 10:26:22AM +0200, Wolfgang Bumiller wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 12:19:12PM +0200, Gabriel Goller wrote:
(...)
> > 
> > Given the amount of tiny match helpers we run through with those 2
> > traits already I wonder if we should just make a breaking change here
> > instead and only have the versions with the `Result` while users (or
> > defaulted helpers in the trait) just pass `file_mode.unwrap_or(!0)`
> > (since a mode of 0 should match anything ;-) ).
> 
> (of s/of 0/of !0/` of course)

In fact, I'm technically wrong, since the value here just gets masked
and isn't actually a bit field, (similarly wrong will be my comment
further down in my original reply),

However! Since this won't be a valid value, we could still use it and
just special-case this in the `matches_mode()` function.
If, however, we go with an API-breaking route, this is definitely better
implemented as either `enum Mode { Match(u32), Ignore, Fail }` or an
additional "required: bool" parameter... but we need to hand that
through all the layers of helpers...