Difference between ". list * %" and ". list * *"

[Ken Murchison]

Rob Mueller wrote:

>>You are getting very similar results because you are using "*" as the
>>reference argument. Cyrus concatenates the reference and pattern.  Try
>>these and see the difference:
>>
>>. LIST "" *
>>
>>. LIST "" %
> 
> 
> Sure, but should a 'list' command ever return the same mailbox name multiple
> times. It just seems wrong to me...


Oh, I missed that.  I don't know why its doing that.  Rob, is this 
another side effect of recent changes, or has this always been broken?


>>>This is cyrus 2.2.3 with skiplist mailboxes db.
>>>
>>>Someone pointed this strange behaviour out to me...
>>>
>>>. list * *
>>>* LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX"
>>>* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder1"
>>>* LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder2"
>>>* LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder2.SubFolder1"
>>>
>>>
>>>. list * %
>>>* LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX"
>>>* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder1"
>>>* LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "." "INBOX"
>>>* LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder2"
>>>* LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "." "INBOX"
>>>* LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder2"
>>>* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder2.SubFolder1"
>>>
>>>I think I see what's happening, but this doesn't seem the right response
>>>to me...
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