[issue13929] fnmatch to support escape characters

[Israel Fruchter]

New submission from Israel Fruchter <israel.fruchter at gmail.com>:

fnmatch to support escape characters:
like that:

>>> name = "Document[Ver.2].doc"
>>> pattern = "*\[Ver.2\]*"
>>> fnmatch.fnmatch(name, pattern)
True

that's also fix glob module:
>>> pattern = "ipconfig /\?"
>>> glob.glob(pattern)
"ipconfig /?"

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 152495
nosy: fruch
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: fnmatch to support escape characters
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4

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