Minor naming change

3 files changed, 21 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/mod/build-config.cxx b/mod/build-config.cxx
index 9368d33..1c9d578 100644
--- a/mod/build-config.cxx
+++ b/mod/build-config.cxx
@@ -245,27 +245,27 @@ namespace brep
 
     // Now check if the configuration is excluded/included via the patterns.
     //
-    // To implement matching of absent name components with wildcard-only name
-    // components we are going to convert names into paths (see
-    // from_build_config_name() for details).
+    // To implement matching of absent name components with wildcard-only
+    // pattern components we are going to convert names to paths (see
+    // dash_components_to_path() for details).
     //
     // And if any of the build-{include,exclude} values (which is legal) or
-    // the build configuration name/target (illegal) are invalid paths,
-    // then we assume no match.
+    // the build configuration name/target (illegal) are invalid paths, then
+    // we assume no match.
     //
     try
     {
-      path cn (from_build_config_name (cfg.name));
-      path tg (from_build_config_name (cfg.target.string ()));
+      path cn (dash_components_to_path (cfg.name));
+      path tg (dash_components_to_path (cfg.target.string ()));
 
       for (const build_constraint& c: constrs)
       {
-        if (path_match (from_build_config_name (c.config),
+        if (path_match (dash_components_to_path (c.config),
                         cn,
                         dir_path () /* start */,
                         path_match_flags::match_absent) &&
             (!c.target ||
-             path_match (from_build_config_name (*c.target),
+             path_match (dash_components_to_path (*c.target),
                          tg,
                          dir_path () /* start */,
                          path_match_flags::match_absent)))
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ namespace brep
   }
 
   path
-  from_build_config_name (const string& s)
+  dash_components_to_path (const string& s)
   {
     string r;
     for (size_t i (0); i != s.size (); ++i)
diff --git a/mod/build-config.hxx b/mod/build-config.hxx
index a6f9902..17fd6af 100644
--- a/mod/build-config.hxx
+++ b/mod/build-config.hxx
@@ -81,16 +81,18 @@ namespace brep
     return exclude (p.builds, p.constraints, c, r);
   }
 
-  // Convert the build configuration name, target, machine name or their
-  // pattern into path, replacing dashes with slashes and double stars with
-  // the `*/**/*` substring for a subsequent match using our path_match()
-  // functionality. Throw invalid_path if the resulting path is invalid.
+  // Convert dash-separated components (target, build configuration name,
+  // machine name) or a pattern thereof into a path, replacing dashes with
+  // slashes (directory separators) and `**` with `*/**/*`, for a subsequent
+  // match using the path_match() functionality (the idea here is for
+  // `linux**` to match `linux-gcc` which is quite natural to expect). Throw
+  // invalid_path if the resulting path is invalid.
   //
-  // Note that it is assumed that the match_absent path match flag will be
-  // used for matching for the double star replacement to make sense.
+  // Note that the match_absent path match flag must be used for the above
+  // `**` transformation to work.
   //
   path
-  from_build_config_name (const string&);
+  dash_components_to_path (const string&);
 }
 
 #endif // MOD_BUILD_CONFIG_HXX
diff --git a/mod/mod-build-task.cxx b/mod/mod-build-task.cxx
index d66e90c..14c72ac 100644
--- a/mod/mod-build-task.cxx
+++ b/mod/mod-build-task.cxx
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ handle (request& rq, response& rs)
       //
       try
       {
-        if (path_match (from_build_config_name (c.machine_pattern),
-                        from_build_config_name (m.name),
+        if (path_match (dash_components_to_path (c.machine_pattern),
+                        dash_components_to_path (m.name),
                         dir_path () /* start */,
                         path_match_flags::match_absent) &&
             cfg_machines.insert (