[pmwiki-users] random musings
Martin Fick
fick at fgm.com
Mon Dec 19 15:23:15 CST 2005
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 03:06:49PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 01:57:28PM -0500, Martin Fick wrote:
> > > It's not the comma that makes the negations, it's the minus
> > > signs.
> >
> >
> > But then how do you evaluate: ?
> >
> > "fullname=2005.*,-*.GroupHeader,2006.*,-*.HomePage"
>
> All pages in the 2005 and 2006 group except for GroupHeader and
> HomePage.
I'll assume your answer means all pages in:
(2005.* UNION 2006.*) MINUS *.GroupHeader MINUS *.HomePage
...because even your wording was ambiguous, it could very
well have been interpreted as, all pages in:
2005.* UNION (2006.* MINUS *.GroupHeader MINUS *.HomePage)
...I know, I know, I'm being picky.
So then it becomes impossible to create ceratin exact sets.
I was hoping I could get it to instead mean:
(2005.* MINUS *.GroupHeader) UNION (2006.* MINUS *.HomePage)
I don't see a way for someone to define something like that?
-Martin
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