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authorPeter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>2015-05-10 19:19:34 +0100
committerPeter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>2015-05-10 19:19:34 +0100
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35067: Add (b) parameter flag for pattern char backslashing.
Doc tweak from Daniel in 35071.

Includes test.
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@@ -1014,6 +1014,25 @@ form of single quoting is used that only quotes the string if needed to
 protect special characters.  Typically this form gives the most readable
 output.
 )
+item(tt(b))(
+Quote with backslashes only characters that are special to pattern
+matching. This is useful when the contents of the variable are to be
+tested using tt(GLOB_SUBST), including the tt(${~)var(...)tt(}) switch.
+
+Quoting using one of the tt(q) family of flags does not work
+for this purpose since quotes are not stripped from non-pattern
+characters by tt(GLOB_SUBST).  In other words,
+
+example(pattern=${(q)str}
+[[ $str = ${~pattern} ]])
+
+works if tt($str) is tt('a*b') but not if it is tt('a b'), whereas
+
+example(pattern=${(b)str}
+[[ $str = ${~pattern} ]])
+
+is always true for any possible value of tt($str).
+)
 item(tt(Q))(
 Remove one level of quotes from the resulting words.
 )