[issue1399] fnmatch(3) escapes '0' to '\'

Stathis Kamperis <[e-mail]> added the comment:

>> Suppose that we supply fnmatch(3) with a pattern of the form "\" (that i=
s '\'
>> followed by '0') without setting the FNM_NOESCAPE flag. Wouldn't the nor=
mal
>> thing to do is escape the terminating character and return just '0' ? In=
stead
>> '\' is returned. As if one has provided a pattern "\\".
> I guess that also happens for any other trailing \.  In this case I'd kee=
p=20
> the current behavior, because I'd expect more the \ to be used, than it t=
o=20
> just disappear.
It happens only with the last \ before '0'. But what bugs me most, is that =
it
escapes it while we are in non-escape mode (FNM_NOESCAPE flag set).

Cheers,
Stathis

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