Consolidate pathlib.PurePath.match() and full_match() #139282

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1. barneygale

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2. terryjreedy commented on Sep 24, 2025

   

   terryjreedy

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   match, the original.
   fullmatch, added in 3.13.
   Both have signature pattern, *, case_sensitive=None.
   Match had these restrictions and difference:

   empty patterns aren’t allowed (ValueError is raised), the recursive wildcard “**” isn’t supported (it acts like non-recursive “*”), and if a relative pattern is provided, then matching is done from the right:

   Since added recently, fullmatch might not have great usage yet. In 3.15, could add, for instance, 'full=False' to match and change doc to match. Deprecate 'fullmatch', with removal multiple versions away, such as 5 (no hurry).

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3. barneygale

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   pythonGH-139282: Support recursive wildcard in `pathlib.PurePath.matc…

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4. barneygale commented on Sep 24, 2025

   

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   Thank you Terry for the helpful guidance :)
5. barneygale

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   Merge branch 'main' into pythongh-139282-match-recursive

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