Compiles a pattern to a #GPatternSpec.
Copies pspec in a new #GPatternSpec.
Compares two compiled pattern specs and returns whether they will match the same set of strings.
Matches a string against a compiled pattern. Passing the correct length of the string given is mandatory. The reversed string can be omitted by passing null, this is more efficient if the reversed version of the string to be matched is not at hand, as glib.global.patternMatch will only construct it if the compiled pattern requires reverse matches.
Matches a string against a compiled pattern. If the string is to be matched against more than one pattern, consider using glib.global.patternMatch instead while supplying the reversed string.
Pointer to the C boxed value
Get the GType of this boxed type.
Boxed GType property.
Convenience method to return this cast to a type. For use in D with statements.
Make a copy of the wrapped C boxed data.
Copy a C boxed value using g_boxed_copy.
Free a C boxed value using g_boxed_free.
A glib.pattern_spec.PatternSpec struct is the 'compiled' form of a glob-style pattern.
The func@GLib.pattern_match_simple and glib.pattern_spec.PatternSpec.match functions match a string against a pattern containing '*' and '?' wildcards with similar semantics as the standard glob() function: '*' matches an arbitrary, possibly empty, string, '?' matches an arbitrary character.
Note that in contrast to glob(), the '/' character can be matched by the wildcards, there are no '...' character ranges and '*' and '?' can not be escaped to include them literally in a pattern.
When multiple strings must be matched against the same pattern, it is better to compile the pattern to a glib.pattern_spec.PatternSpec using glib.pattern_spec.PatternSpec.new_ and use glib.pattern_spec.PatternSpec.matchString instead of func@GLib.pattern_match_simple. This avoids the overhead of repeated pattern compilation.