ietf-nntp Wildmats

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Tim Roberts said:
> I definately should have thought before I wrote.  You are correct in
> pointing out my inconsistency and misunderstanding.  However, I'm still
> confused at what 'rightmost wins' means - does it mean specifically the
> rightmost element or that the components are evaluated from right to left
> with the first match 'winning'?

I documented it as:
* test the string against each component and note which match;
* if none match, the string does not match the wildmat;
* if the rightmost component that matches is prefixed with an exclamation
  mark, the string does not match the wildmat;
* otherwise the string matches the wildmat.

which matches your latter statement (which is simpler, in fact).

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