bool unescape_string(wcstring &str, int escape_special)
{
bool success = false;
wchar_t *result = unescape(str.c_str(), escape_special);
if (result) {
str.replace(str.begin(), str.end(), result);
free(result);
success = true;
}
return success;
}
/**
Remove any internal separators. Also optionally convert wildcard characters to
regular equivalents. This is done to support EXPAND_SKIP_WILDCARDS.
*/
static void remove_internal_separator(wcstring &str, bool conv)
{
/* Remove all instances of INTERNAL_SEPARATOR */
str.erase(std::remove(str.begin(), str.end(), (wchar_t)INTERNAL_SEPARATOR), str.end());
/* If conv is true, replace all instances of ANY_CHAR with '?', ANY_STRING with '*', ANY_STRING_RECURSIVE with '*' */
if (conv)
{
for (size_t idx = 0; idx < str.size(); idx++)
{
switch (str.at(idx))
{
case ANY_CHAR:
str.at(idx) = L'?';
break;
case ANY_STRING:
case ANY_STRING_RECURSIVE:
str.at(idx) = L'*';
break;
}
}
}
}
