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[ikiwiki.git] / doc / bugs / entirely_negated_pagespec_matches_internal_pages.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/bugs/entirely_negated_pagespec_matches_internal_pages.mdwn b/doc/bugs/entirely_negated_pagespec_matches_internal_pages.mdwn
index 012fcec2c29e832d941e8f4c54513d23fa1241a2..a9b223a465cabbc5cc9b3820f6ea4d43ec9345fd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/bugs/entirely_negated_pagespec_matches_internal_pages.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/entirely_negated_pagespec_matches_internal_pages.mdwn
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ matches all other pages, including all internal pages. This can lead to
 unexpected results, since it will match a bunch of recentchanges pages,
 etc.
 
 unexpected results, since it will match a bunch of recentchanges pages,
 etc.
 

-Recall that internal-use pages are not matched by a glob. So "*" doesn't
-match them. So if the pagespec is "* and !foo and !bar", it won't match
+Recall that internal-use pages are not matched by a glob. So "\*" doesn't
+match them. So if the pagespec is "\* and !foo and !bar", it won't match

 them. This is the much more common style.
 
 There's an odd inconsistency with entirely negated pagespecs. If "!foo"
 them. This is the much more common style.
 
 There's an odd inconsistency with entirely negated pagespecs. If "!foo"


@@ -21,3 +21,10 @@ pagespec, and implicitly add "and !internal()" to it.
 
 Either approach would require fully parsing the pagespec. And consider cases
 like "!(foo and !bar)". Doesn't seem at all easy to solve. --[[Joey]]
 
 Either approach would require fully parsing the pagespec. And consider cases
 like "!(foo and !bar)". Doesn't seem at all easy to solve. --[[Joey]]

+
+> It occurs to me that at least one place in ikiwiki optimizes by assuming
+> that pagespecs not mentioning the word "internal" never match internal
+> pages. I wonder whether this bug could be solved by making that part of
+> the definition of a pagespec, rather than a risky optimization
+> like it is now? That seems strange, though - having this special case
+> would make pagespecs significantly harder to understand. --[[smcv]]