Matches a string against a compiled pattern. Passing the correct
length of the string given is mandatory. The reversed string can be
omitted by passing %NULL, this is more efficient if the reversed
version of the string to be matched is not at hand, as
g_pattern_match() will only construct it if the compiled pattern
requires reverse matches.
Note that, if the user code will (possibly) match a string against a
multitude of patterns containing wildcards, chances are high that
some patterns will require a reversed string. In this case, it's
more efficient to provide the reversed string to avoid multiple
constructions thereof in the various calls to g_pattern_match().
Note also that the reverse of a UTF-8 encoded string can in general
not be obtained by g_strreverse(). This works only if the string
does not contain any multibyte characters. GLib offers the
g_utf8_strreverse() function to reverse UTF-8 encoded strings.
Matches a string against a compiled pattern. Passing the correct length of the string given is mandatory. The reversed string can be omitted by passing %NULL, this is more efficient if the reversed version of the string to be matched is not at hand, as g_pattern_match() will only construct it if the compiled pattern requires reverse matches.
Note that, if the user code will (possibly) match a string against a multitude of patterns containing wildcards, chances are high that some patterns will require a reversed string. In this case, it's more efficient to provide the reversed string to avoid multiple constructions thereof in the various calls to g_pattern_match().
Note also that the reverse of a UTF-8 encoded string can in general not be obtained by g_strreverse(). This works only if the string does not contain any multibyte characters. GLib offers the g_utf8_strreverse() function to reverse UTF-8 encoded strings.