+/* Helper for parse_braced_component; this will turn a single element array
+ * matching /^\d+\.\.\d+$/ into a sequence of numbered array elements. */
+static GPtrArray *
+expand_braced_sequence(GPtrArray *arr)
+{
+ char *elt, *p;
+ char *l, *r;
+ int ldigits, rdigits, ndigits;
+ guint64 start, end;
+ gboolean leading_zero;
+
+ /* check whether the element matches the pattern */
+ /* expand last element of the array only */
+ elt = g_ptr_array_index(arr, arr->len-1);
+ ldigits = 0;
+ for (l = p = elt; *p && g_ascii_isdigit(*p); p++)
+ ldigits++;
+ if (ldigits == 0)
+ return arr;
+ if (*(p++) != '.')
+ return arr;
+ if (*(p++) != '.')
+ return arr;
+ rdigits = 0;
+ for (r = p; *p && g_ascii_isdigit(*p); p++)
+ rdigits++;
+ if (rdigits == 0)
+ return arr;
+ if (*p)
+ return arr;
+
+ /* we have a match, so extract start and end */
+ start = g_ascii_strtoull(l, NULL, 10);
+ end = g_ascii_strtoull(r, NULL, 10);
+ leading_zero = *l == '0';
+ ndigits = MAX(ldigits, rdigits);
+ if (start > end)
+ return arr;
+
+ /* sanity check.. */
+ if (end - start > 100000)
+ return arr;
+
+ /* remove last from the array */
+ g_ptr_array_remove_index(arr, arr->len - 1);
+
+ /* Add new elements */
+ while (start <= end) {
+ if (leading_zero) {
+ g_ptr_array_add(arr, g_strdup_printf("%0*ju",
+ ndigits, (uintmax_t)start));
+ } else {
+ g_ptr_array_add(arr, g_strdup_printf("%ju", (uintmax_t)start));
+ }
+ start++;
+ }
+
+ return arr;
+}
+