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  2. QTBUG-14849

QRegExp WildcardUnix mode has bogus semantics

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      commit e7c36fc2 introduced the WildcardUnix mode.

      first of all, the justification for that mode is bogus: even in "normal" glob mode, all wildcard characters can be escaped by simply putting them into square brackets. adding a new mode just adds confusion by giving people even more to learn instead of trying to understand what has worked for three+ decades. i'd immediately deprecate that mode again.

      second, the handling of backslashes is broken: in the case '
      ' if (enableEscaping) if (isEscaping) branch, the isEscaping flag must be reset, not set again.
      attached is a patch which should fix it. i leave (auto-)testing it to the author of that code.

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