Speed up [info <thing> <simplePattern>]

1 files changed, 38 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/generic/tclUtil.c b/generic/tclUtil.c
index 1a4b841..068a20b 100644
--- a/generic/tclUtil.c
+++ b/generic/tclUtil.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
  * of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
  *
- *  RCS: @(#) $Id: tclUtil.c,v 1.47 2004/10/06 15:59:25 dgp Exp $
+ *  RCS: @(#) $Id: tclUtil.c,v 1.48 2004/10/14 15:06:03 dkf Exp $
  */
 
 #include "tclInt.h"
@@ -1416,6 +1416,43 @@ Tcl_StringCaseMatch(string, pattern, nocase)
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
+ * TclMatchIsTrivial --
+ *
+ *	Test whether a particular glob pattern is a trivial pattern.
+ *	(i.e. where matching is the same as equality testing).
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	A boolean indicating whether the pattern is free of all of the
+ *	glob special chars.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int
+TclMatchIsTrivial(pattern)
+    CONST char *pattern;
+{
+    CONST char *p = pattern;
+
+    while (1) {
+	switch (*p++) {
+	case '\0':
+	    return 1;
+	case '*':
+	case '?':
+	case '[':
+	case '\\':
+	    return 0;
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
  * Tcl_DStringInit --
  *
  *	Initializes a dynamic string, discarding any previous contents