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diff --git a/contrib/file/TODO b/contrib/file/TODO index 5c2ed49..78890cf 100644 --- a/contrib/file/TODO +++ b/contrib/file/TODO @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ file, not here. More speculative material can live here. listed in the BUGS section of the man page had been fixed!) --- - It would be nice to simplify file considerably. For example, reimplement the apprentice and non-pattern magic methods in Python, and compile the magic patterns to a giant regex (or something similar; @@ -15,8 +14,23 @@ small amount of C is needed (because fast execution is typically only required for soft magic, not the more detailed information given by hard-wired routines). In this regard, note that hplip, which is BSD-licensed, has a magic reimplementation in Python. - +--- Read the kerberos magic entry for more ideas. - +--- Write a string merger to make magic entry sizes dynamic. Strings will be converted to offsets from the string table. +--- +Programming language support, we can introduce the concept of a group +of rules where n rules need to match before the rule is positive. This +could require structural changes to the matching code :-( + +0 group 2 # require 2 matches +# rule 1 +>0 .... +... +# rule 2 +>0 .... +... + +christos + |
