add comment about meta characters.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@36033 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/process.c b/process.c
index 0b203e4a71..9471895c89 100644
--- a/process.c
+++ b/process.c
@@ -1847,6 +1847,30 @@ rb_exec_fillarg(VALUE prog, int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE env, VALUE opthash, str
         char *p;
         int has_meta = 0;
         int has_nonspace = 0;
+        /*
+         * meta characters:
+         *
+         * *    Pathname Expansion
+         * ?    Pathname Expansion
+         * {}   Grouping Commands
+         * []   Pathname Expansion
+         * <>   Redirection
+         * ()   Grouping Commands
+         * ~    Tilde Expansion
+         * &    AND Lists, Asynchronous Lists
+         * |    OR Lists, Pipelines
+         * \    Escape Character
+         * $    Parameter Expansion
+         * ;    Sequential Lists
+         * '    Single-Quotes
+         * `    Command Substitution
+         * "    Double-Quotes
+         * \n   Lists
+         *
+         * #    Comment
+         * =    Assignment preceding command name
+         * %    (used in Parameter Expansion)
+         */
         for (p = RSTRING_PTR(prog); *p; p++) {
             if (!has_nonspace && *p != ' ' && *p != '\t')
                 has_nonspace = 1;