Fix passing $^O to ->type

[perl/modules/Regexp-Wildcards.git] / lib / Regexp / Wildcards.pm

diff --git a/lib/Regexp/Wildcards.pm b/lib/Regexp/Wildcards.pm
index 059b0001b8e601d7902c53c9d3bcfe2e6c878e40..cfd5b2d5fd11418c8a88a6bd99789c2b1aced457 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Regexp/Wildcards.pm
+++ b/lib/Regexp/Wildcards.pm
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ my %types = (
  win32    => [ qw/jokers commas/ ],
 );
 $types{$_} = $types{win32} for qw/dos os2 MSWin32 cygwin/;
+$types{$_} = $types{unix}  for qw/linux
+                                  darwin machten next
+                                  aix irix hpux dgux dynixptx
+                                  bsdos freebsd openbsd
+                                  svr4 solaris sunos dec_osf
+                                  sco_sv unicos unicosmk/;
 
 my %escapes = (
  jokers   => '?*',
@@ -280,11 +286,57 @@ No argument means C<< set => [ ] >>.
 
 =head2 C<type $type>
 
-Notifies to convert the metacharacters that corresponds to the predefined type C<$type>. C<$type> can be any of C<'jokers'>, C<'sql'>, C<'commas'>, C<'brackets'>, C<'win32'> or C<'unix'>. An unknown or undefined value defaults to C<'unix'>, except for C<'dos'>, C<'os2'>, C<'MSWin32'> and C<'cygwin'> that default to C<'win32'>. This means that you can pass C<$^O> as the C<$type> and get the corresponding shell behaviour. Returns the object.
+Notifies to convert the metacharacters that corresponds to the predefined type C<$type>.
+C<$type> can be any of :
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+C<'jokers'>, C<'sql'>, C<'commas'>, C<'brackets'>
+
+Singleton types that enable the corresponding C<do> classes.
+
+=item *
+
+C<'unix'>
+
+Covers typical Unix shell globbing features (effectively C<'jokers'> and C<'brackets'>).
+
+=item *
+
+C<$^O> values for common Unix systems
+
+Wrap to C<'unix'> (see L<perlport> for the list).
+
+=item *
+
+C<undef>
+
+Defaults to C<'unix'>.
+
+=item *
+
+C<'win32'>
+
+Covers typical Windows shell globbing features (effectively C<'jokers'> and C<'commas'>).
+
+=item *
+
+C<'dos'>, C<'os2'>, C<'MSWin32'>, C<'cygwin'>
+
+Wrap to C<'win32'>.
+
+=back
+
+In particular, you can usually pass C<$^O> as the C<$type> and get the corresponding shell behaviour.
 
     $rw->type('win32'); # Set type to win32.
+    $rw->type($^O);     # Set type to unix on Unices and win32 on Windows
     $rw->type();        # Set type to unix.
 
+The C<type> method returns the L<Regexp::Wildcards> object.
+
 =head2 C<< capture [ $captures E<verbar> set => $c1, add => $c2, rem => $c3 ] >>
 
 Specifies the list of atoms to capture.
@@ -373,6 +425,10 @@ L<Carp> (core module since perl 5), L<Text::Balanced> (since 5.7.3).
 
 This module does not implement the strange behaviours of Windows shell that result from the special handling of the three last characters (for the file extension). For example, Windows XP shell matches C<*a> like C<.*a>, C<*a?> like C<.*a.?>, C<*a??> like C<.*a.{0,2}> and so on.
 
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<Text::Glob>.
+
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
 Vincent Pit, C<< <perl at profvince.com> >>, L<http://www.profvince.com>.