[GRASS-dev] g.mlist as C implementation?

[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> Another reason to consider extending the functionality of g.list over
> improvements to the g.mlist script is that a C-module would run in a Windows
> environment and the script contains a lot of *nix-isms that could be
> problematic even with Mysys.

Or use Tcl or Python; both of those have regexp support as part of the
language. OTOH, there's no guarantee that either of those will be
installed.

The only practical option which doesn't require additional
dependencies is a C module with no support for regexps and glob
patterns limited to a single asterisk.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>