/*
* Tries to match the host name (which must be in all lowercase) against the
* comma-separated sequence of subpatterns (each possibly preceded by ! to
- * indicate negation). Returns true if there is a positive match; zero
- * otherwise.
+ * indicate negation). Returns -1 if negation matches, 1 if there is
+ * a positive match, 0 if there is no match at all.
*/
int
/* Try to match the subpattern against the host name. */
if (match_pattern(host, sub)) {
if (negated)
- return 0; /* Fail */
+ return -1; /* Negative */
else
- got_positive = 1;
+ got_positive = 1; /* Positive */
}
}
/*
* Return success if got a positive match. If there was a negative
- * match, we have already returned zero and never get here.
+ * match, we have already returned -1 and never get here.
*/
return got_positive;
}