[PATCH] add new fdi match attribute contains_not for strlist

David Zeuthen david at fubar.dk
Wed Feb 28 10:26:38 PST 2007


On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 18:56 +0100, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This patch adds a new attribute for FDI file match tag for string lists 
> (only). The new attribute named contains_not and allow you to match if a 
> given string is not contained in the string list as in such cases for 
> example:
> 
>  <match key="info.callouts" contains_not="foobar">
>   <append key="info.callouts" type="strlist">foobar</append>
>  </match>
> 
> This allow you to add e.g. callouts to the list without to double entries.

That's pretty useful; two comments

 - this could be useful for strings too so perhaps add it?
 - MATCH_CONTAINS_NOT should be added as last element in match_type
   to preserve binary compatibility with cache files

With these two changes, please commit. Thanks!

     David




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