[asterisk-dev] _. and matching special extensions

[Russell Bryant]

On 7/18/11 8:56 AM, Benny Amorsen wrote:
> Do any of you use _. to match e.g. the h extension?
>
> Right now _[a-z] does not match the special h extension but does match
> someone explicitly dialling "h". Would it make sense to extend this
> behaviour to the . and ! patterns, so they never match h?

I would be very hesitant to change the behavior of something like this 
that has always worked this way.  If enough people think it would be 
useful, it could be an option that's off by default.

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Russell Bryant
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