Move several needle/searching related functions into its own file.

[plocate] / needle.h

diff --git a/needle.h b/needle.h
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+#ifndef _NEEDLE_H
+#define _NEEDLE_H 1
+
+#include <regex.h>
+#include <string>
+
+struct Needle {
+       enum { STRSTR,
+              REGEX,
+              GLOB } type;
+       std::string str;  // Filled in no matter what.
+       regex_t re;  // For REGEX.
+};
+
+bool matches(const Needle &needle, const char *haystack);
+std::string unescape_glob_to_plain_string(const std::string &needle);
+regex_t compile_regex(const std::string &needle);
+
+#endif  // !defined(_NEEDLE_H)