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1*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# $NetBSD: varmod-match.mk,v 1.24 2024/06/15 19:43:56 rillig Exp $
22c3632d1SSimon J. Gerraty#
3d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Tests for the ':M' modifier, which keeps only those words that match the
42c3632d1SSimon J. Gerraty# given pattern.
5956e45f6SSimon J. Gerraty#
6d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Table of contents
7d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#
8d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 1. Pattern characters '*', '?' and '\'
9d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 2. Character lists and character ranges
10d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 3. Parsing and escaping
11d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 4. Interaction with other modifiers
12d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 5. Performance
13d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 6. Error handling
14d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 7. Historical bugs
15d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#
16d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# See ApplyModifier_Match, ParseModifier_Match, ModifyWord_Match and
17d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Str_Match.
182c3632d1SSimon J. Gerraty
192c3632d1SSimon J. Gerraty
20d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 1. Pattern characters '*', '?' and '\'
21d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#
22d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	*	matches 0 or more characters
23d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	?	matches 1 character
24d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	\x	matches the character 'x'
25d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
26d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# The pattern is anchored both at the beginning and at the end of the word.
27d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Since the pattern 'e' does not contain any pattern matching characters, it
28d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# matches exactly the word 'e', twice.
29d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${a c e aa cc ee e f g:L:Me} != "e e"
30d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
31d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
32d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
33d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# The pattern character '?' matches exactly 1 character, the pattern character
34d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# '*' matches 0 or more characters.  The whole pattern matches all words that
35d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# start with 's' and have 3 or more characters.
36548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${One Two Three Four five six seven so s:L:Ms??*} != "six seven"
37d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
38d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
39d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
40548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty# A pattern without placeholders only matches itself.
41d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${a aa aaa b ba baa bab:L:Ma} != "a"
42d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
43d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
44d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
45*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# A pattern that does not start with '*' is anchored at the beginning.
46d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${a aa aaa b ba baa bab:L:Ma*} != "a aa aaa"
47d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
48d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
49d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
50*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# A pattern that does not end with '*' is anchored at the end.
51d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${a aa aaa b ba baa bab:L:M*a} != "a aa aaa ba baa"
52d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
53d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
54d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
55d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Test the fast code path for '*' followed by a regular character.
56d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${:U file.c file.*c file.h file\.c :M*.c} != "file.c file\\.c"
57d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
58d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
59d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Ensure that the fast code path correctly handles the backslash.
60d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${:U file.c file.*c file.h file\.c :M*\.c} != "file.c file\\.c"
61d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
62d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
63d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Ensure that the fast code path correctly handles '\*'.
64d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${:U file.c file.*c file.h file\.c :M*\*c} != "file.*c"
65d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
66d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
67d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Ensure that the partial match '.c' doesn't confuse the fast code path.
68d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${:U file.c.cc file.cc.cc file.cc.c :M*.cc} != "file.c.cc file.cc.cc"
69d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
70d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
71d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Ensure that the substring '.cc' doesn't confuse the fast code path for '.c'.
72d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${:U file.c.cc file.cc.cc file.cc.c :M*.c} != "file.cc.c"
73d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
74d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
75d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
76d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
77d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 2. Character lists and character ranges
78d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#
79d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	[...]	matches 1 character from the listed characters
80d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	[^...]	matches 1 character from the unlisted characters
81d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	[a-z]	matches 1 character from the range 'a' to 'z'
82d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	[z-a]	matches 1 character from the range 'a' to 'z'
832c3632d1SSimon J. Gerraty
84956e45f6SSimon J. Gerraty# Only keep words that start with an uppercase letter.
85d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${One Two Three Four five six seven:L:M[A-Z]*} != "One Two Three Four"
86956e45f6SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
87956e45f6SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
882c3632d1SSimon J. Gerraty
89956e45f6SSimon J. Gerraty# Only keep words that start with a character other than an uppercase letter.
90d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${One Two Three Four five six seven:L:M[^A-Z]*} != "five six seven"
91956e45f6SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
92956e45f6SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
93956e45f6SSimon J. Gerraty
941d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#	[]	matches never
951d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.if ${ ab a[]b a[b a b :L:M[]} != ""
961d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.  error
971d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.endif
981d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty
991d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#	a[]b	matches never
1001d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.if ${ ab a[]b a[b a b [ ] :L:Ma[]b} != ""
1011d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.  error
1021d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.endif
1031d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty
1041d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#	[^]	matches exactly 1 arbitrary character
1051d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.if ${ ab a[]b a[b a b [ ] :L:M[^]} != "a b [ ]"
1061d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.  error
1071d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.endif
1081d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty
1091d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#	a[^]b	matches 'a', then exactly 1 arbitrary character, then 'b'
1101d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.if ${ ab a[]b a[b a b :L:Ma[^]b} != "a[b"
1111d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.  error
1121d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.endif
1131d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty
1141d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#	[Nn0]	matches exactly 1 character from the set 'N', 'n', '0'
1151d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.if ${ a b N n 0 Nn0 [ ] :L:M[Nn0]} != "N n 0"
1161d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.  error
1171d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.endif
1181d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty
1191d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#	[a-c]	matches exactly 1 character from the range 'a' to 'c'
1201d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.if ${ A B C a b c d [a-c] [a] :L:M[a-c]} != "a b c"
1211d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.  error
1221d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.endif
1231d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty
1241d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#	[c-a]	matches the same as [a-c]
1251d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.if ${ A B C a b c d [a-c] [a] :L:M[c-a]} != "a b c"
1261d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.  error
1271d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.endif
1281d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty
1291d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#	[^a-c67]
1301d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#		matches a single character, except for 'a', 'b', 'c', '6' or
1311d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#		'7'
1321d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.if ${ A B C a b c d 5 6 7 8 [a-c] [a] :L:M[^a-c67]} != "A B C d 5 8"
1331d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.  error
1341d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.endif
1351d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty
136d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	[\]	matches a single backslash; no escaping takes place in
1371d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#		character ranges
138d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Without the 'b' in the below words, the backslash would end a word and thus
139954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty# influence how the string is split into words.
140d5e0a182SSimon J. GerratyWORDS=		a\b a[\]b ab a\\b
141d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${WORDS:Ma[\]b} != "a\\b"
1421d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.  error
1431d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.endif
1441d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty
145954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#	[[-]]	May look like it would match a single '[', '\' or ']', but
146954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		the inner ']' has two roles: it is the upper bound of the
147954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		character range as well as the closing character of the
148954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		character list.  The outer ']' is just a regular character.
149954401e6SSimon J. GerratyWORDS=		[ ] [] \] ]]
150954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${WORDS:M[[-]]} != "[] \\] ]]"
151954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
152954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
153954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty
154954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#	[b[-]a]
155954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		Same as for '[[-]]': the character list stops at the first
156954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		']', and the 'a]' is treated as a literal string.
157954401e6SSimon J. GerratyWORDS=		[a \a ]a []a \]a ]]a [a] \a] ]a] ba]
158954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${WORDS:M[b[-]a]} != "[a] \\a] ]a] ba]"
159954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
160954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
161954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty
162954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#	[-]	Matches a single '-' since the '-' only becomes part of a
163954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		character range if it is preceded and followed by another
164954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		character.
165954401e6SSimon J. GerratyWORDS=		- -]
166954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${WORDS:M[-]} != "-"
167954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
168954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
169954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty
170d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Only keep words that don't start with s and at the same time end with
171d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# either of [ex].
172d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#
173d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# This test case ensures that the negation from the first character list
174d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# '[^s]' does not propagate to the second character list '[ex]'.
175d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${One Two Three Four five six seven:L:M[^s]*[ex]} != "One Three five"
176d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
177d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
178d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
179d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
180d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 3. Parsing and escaping
181d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#
182d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	*	matches 0 or more characters
183d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	?	matches 1 character
184d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	\	outside a character list, escapes the following character
185d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	[	starts a character list for matching 1 character
186d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	]	ends a character list for matching 1 character
187d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	-	in a character list, forms a character range
188d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	^	at the beginning of a character list, negates the list
189d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	(	while parsing the pattern, starts a nesting level
190d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	)	while parsing the pattern, ends a nesting level
191d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	{	while parsing the pattern, starts a nesting level
192d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	}	while parsing the pattern, ends a nesting level
193d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	:	while parsing the pattern, terminates the pattern
194d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	$	while parsing the pattern, starts a nested expression
195d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	#	in a line except a shell command, starts a comment
196d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
197d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# The pattern can come from an expression.  For single-letter
198d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# variables, either the short form or the long form can be used, just as
199d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# everywhere else.
200d5e0a182SSimon J. GerratyPRIMES=	2 3 5 7 11
201d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerratyn=	2
202d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${PRIMES:M$n} != "2"
203d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
204d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
205d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${PRIMES:M${n}} != "2"
206d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
207d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
208d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${PRIMES:M${:U2}} != "2"
209d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
210d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
211d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
212d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	:	terminates the pattern
213d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${ A * :L:M:} != ""
214d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
215d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
216d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
217d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	\:	matches a colon
218d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${ ${:U\: \:\:} :L:M\:} != ":"
219d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
220d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
221d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
222d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	${:U\:}	matches a colon
223d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${ ${:U\:} ${:U\:\:} :L:M${:U\:}} != ":"
224d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
225d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
226d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
227d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# To match a dollar sign in a word, double it.
228d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#
229d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# This is different from the :S and :C modifiers, where a '$' has to be
230d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# escaped as '\$'.
231d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${:Ua \$ sign:M*$$*} != "\$"
232d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
233d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
234d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
235d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# In the :M modifier, '\$' does not escape a dollar.  Instead it is
236d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# interpreted as a backslash followed by whatever expression the
237d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# '$' starts.
238d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#
239d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# This differs from the :S, :C and several other modifiers.
240d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty${:U*}=		asterisk
241d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${:Ua \$ sign any-asterisk:M*\$*} != "any-asterisk"
242d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
243d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
244d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
245d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# TODO: ${VAR:M(((}}}}
246d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# TODO: ${VAR:M{{{)))}
247d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# TODO: ${VAR:M${UNBALANCED}}
248d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# TODO: ${VAR:M${:U(((\}\}\}}}
249d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
250d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
251d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 4. Interaction with other modifiers
252d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
253d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# The modifier ':tW' prevents splitting at whitespace.  Even leading and
254d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# trailing whitespace is preserved.
255d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${   plain   string   :L:tW:M*} != "   plain   string   "
256d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
257d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
258d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
259548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty# Without the modifier ':tW', the string is split into words.  Whitespace
260548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty# around the words is discarded, and whitespace between the words is
261548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty# normalized to a single space.
262d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${   plain    string   :L:M*} != "plain string"
263d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
264d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
265d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
266d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
267d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 5. Performance
268d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
269d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Before 2020-06-13, this expression called Str_Match 601,080,390 times.
270d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Since 2020-06-13, this expression calls Str_Match 1 time.
271d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${:U****************:M****************b}
272d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
273d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
274d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Before 2023-06-22, this expression called Str_Match 2,621,112 times.
275d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Adding another '*?' to the pattern called Str_Match 20,630,572 times.
276d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Adding another '*?' to the pattern called Str_Match 136,405,672 times.
277d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Adding another '*?' to the pattern called Str_Match 773,168,722 times.
278d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Adding another '*?' to the pattern called Str_Match 3,815,481,072 times.
279d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# Since 2023-06-22, Str_Match no longer backtracks.
280d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${:U..................................................b:M*?*?*?*?*?a}
281d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
282d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
283d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
284d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 6. Error handling
285d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty
286954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#	[	Incomplete empty character list, never matches.
287954401e6SSimon J. GerratyWORDS=		a a[
288*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# expect+1: warning: while evaluating variable "WORDS": Unfinished character list in pattern 'a[' of modifier ':M'
289954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${WORDS:Ma[} != ""
290954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
291954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
292954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty
293954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#	[^	Incomplete negated empty character list, matches any single
294954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		character.
295954401e6SSimon J. GerratyWORDS=		a a[ aX
296*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# expect+1: warning: while evaluating variable "WORDS": Unfinished character list in pattern 'a[^' of modifier ':M'
297954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${WORDS:Ma[^} != "a[ aX"
298954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
299954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
300954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty
301954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#	[-x1-3	Incomplete character list, matches those elements that can be
302954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		parsed without lookahead.
303954401e6SSimon J. GerratyWORDS=		- + x xx 0 1 2 3 4 [x1-3
304*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# expect+1: warning: while evaluating variable "WORDS": Unfinished character list in pattern '[-x1-3' of modifier ':M'
305954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${WORDS:M[-x1-3} != "- x 1 2 3"
306954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
307954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
308954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty
309148ee845SSimon J. Gerraty#	*[-x1-3	Incomplete character list after a wildcard, matches those
310148ee845SSimon J. Gerraty#		words that end with one of the characters from the list.
311148ee845SSimon J. GerratyWORDS=		- + x xx 0 1 2 3 4 00 01 10 11 000 001 010 011 100 101 110 111 [x1-3
312*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# expect+1: warning: while evaluating variable "WORDS": Unfinished character list in pattern '*[-x1-3' of modifier ':M'
313148ee845SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${WORDS:M*[-x1-3} != "- x xx 1 2 3 01 11 001 011 101 111 [x1-3"
314148ee845SSimon J. Gerraty.  warning ${WORDS:M*[-x1-3}
315148ee845SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
316148ee845SSimon J. Gerraty
317954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#	[^-x1-3
318954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		Incomplete negated character list, matches any character
319954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		except those elements that can be parsed without lookahead.
320954401e6SSimon J. GerratyWORDS=		- + x xx 0 1 2 3 4 [x1-3
321*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# expect+1: warning: while evaluating variable "WORDS": Unfinished character list in pattern '[^-x1-3' of modifier ':M'
322954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${WORDS:M[^-x1-3} != "+ 0 4"
323954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
324954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
325954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty
326954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#	[\	Incomplete character list containing a single '\'.
3271d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#
328954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		A word can only end with a backslash if the preceding
329954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		character is a backslash as well; in all other cases the final
330954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		backslash would escape the following space, making the space
331954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		part of the word.  Only the very last word of a string can be
332954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		'\', as there is no following space that could be escaped.
333954401e6SSimon J. GerratyWORDS=		\\ \a ${:Ux\\}
334d5e0a182SSimon J. GerratyPATTERN=	${:U?[\\}
335*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# expect+1: warning: while evaluating variable "WORDS": Unfinished character list in pattern '?[\' of modifier ':M'
336d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${WORDS:M${PATTERN}} != "\\\\ x\\"
337954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
338954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
339954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty
340954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#	[x-	Incomplete character list containing an incomplete character
341954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		range, matches only the 'x'.
342954401e6SSimon J. GerratyWORDS=		[x- x x- y
343*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# expect+1: warning: while evaluating variable "WORDS": Unfinished character range in pattern '[x-' of modifier ':M'
344954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${WORDS:M[x-} != "x"
345954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
346954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
347954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty
348954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#	[^x-	Incomplete negated character list containing an incomplete
349954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		character range; matches each word that does not have an 'x'
350954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		at the position of the character list.
3511d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty#
352954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		XXX: Even matches strings that are longer than a single
353954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty#		character.
354954401e6SSimon J. GerratyWORDS=		[x- x x- y yyyyy
355*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# expect+1: warning: while evaluating variable "WORDS": Unfinished character range in pattern '[^x-' of modifier ':M'
356954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${WORDS:M[^x-} != "[x- y yyyyy"
357954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
358954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
3591d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty
360d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty#	[:]	matches never since the ':' starts the next modifier
361*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# expect+3: warning: while evaluating variable " : :: ": Unfinished character list in pattern '[' of modifier ':M'
362548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty# expect+2: while evaluating variable " : :: ": Unknown modifier "]"
363d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# expect+1: Malformed conditional (${ ${:U\:} ${:U\:\:} :L:M[:]} != ":")
364d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${ ${:U\:} ${:U\:\:} :L:M[:]} != ":"
3651d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.  error
366d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty.else
3671d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.  error
3681d3f2ddcSSimon J. Gerraty.endif
369954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty
370954401e6SSimon J. Gerraty
371d5e0a182SSimon J. Gerraty# 7. Historical bugs
3724fde40d9SSimon J. Gerraty
3734fde40d9SSimon J. Gerraty# Before var.c 1.1031 from 2022-08-24, the following expressions caused an
3744fde40d9SSimon J. Gerraty# out-of-bounds read beyond the indirect ':M' modifiers.
375548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty#
376548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty# The argument to the inner ':U' is unescaped to 'M\'.
377*8d5c8e21SSimon J. Gerraty# This 'M\' becomes an indirect modifier ':M' with the pattern '\'.
378548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty# The pattern '\' never matches.
379548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${:U:${:UM\\}}
380548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
381548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
382548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty# The argument to the inner ':U' is unescaped to 'M\:\'.
383548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty# This 'M\:\' becomes an indirect modifier ':M' with the pattern ':\'.
384548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty# The pattern ':\' never matches.
385548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty.if ${:U:${:UM\\\:\\}}
386548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty.  error
387548bfc56SSimon J. Gerraty.endif
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