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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:56:47 -0700
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Comments: In reply to Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>
 "Re: (#cN,M) error, %? doesn't glob" (Aug 14,  9:44am)
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On Aug 14,  9:44am, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
}
} The flag tt(LPAR()#c)var(N)tt(,)var(M)tt(RPAR()) can be used anywhere
} that the tt(#) or tt(##) operators can be used except for in the expressions
} `tt((*/)#)' and `tt((*/)##)' while globbing, which are handled specially;
} it cannot be combined with other globbing flags and a bad pattern error
} occurs if it is misplaced.

Make it

  except in the expressions `tt((*/)#)' and `tt((*/)##)' in filename
  generation, where `tt(/)' has special meaning;

and I'm all for it.