+ # when only the top matches will be returned, it's efficient to
+ # sort before matching to pagespec,
+ if (defined $num && defined $sort) {
+ @candidates=IkiWiki::SortSpec::sort_pages(
+ $sort, @candidates);
+ }
+
+ my @matches;
+ my $firstfail;
+ my $count=0;
+ my $accum=IkiWiki::SuccessReason->new();
+ foreach my $p (@candidates) {
+ my $r=$sub->($p, %params, location => $page);
+ error(sprintf(gettext("cannot match pages: %s"), $r))
+ if $r->isa("IkiWiki::ErrorReason");
+ unless ($r || $r->influences_static) {
+ $r->remove_influence($p);
+ }
+ $accum |= $r;
+ if ($r) {
+ push @matches, $p;
+ last if defined $num && ++$count == $num;
+ }
+ }
+
+ # Add simple dependencies for accumulated influences.
+ my $i=$accum->influences;
+ foreach my $k (keys %$i) {
+ $depends_simple{$page}{lc $k} |= $i->{$k};
+ }
+
+ # when all matches will be returned, it's efficient to
+ # sort after matching
+ if (! defined $num && defined $sort) {
+ return IkiWiki::SortSpec::sort_pages(
+ $sort, @matches);
+ }
+ else {
+ return @matches;
+ }
+}
+
+sub pagespec_valid ($) {
+ my $spec=shift;
+
+ return defined pagespec_translate($spec);
+}
+
+sub glob2re ($) {