Moved `matches_pattern` from `syntax` to `common`

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/data/core/syntax.lua b/data/core/syntax.lua
index 08db473c..ddc1b2f2 100644
--- a/data/core/syntax.lua
+++ b/data/core/syntax.lua
@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
-local syntax = {}
+local common = require "core.common"
 
+local syntax = {}
 syntax.items = {}
 
 local plain_text_syntax = { patterns = {}, symbols = {} }
 
 
-local function matches_pattern(text, pattern)
-  if type(pattern) == "string" then
-    return text:find(pattern)
-  end
-  for _, p in ipairs(pattern) do
-    if matches_pattern(text, p) then return true end
-  end
-  return false
-end
-
-
 function syntax.add(t)
   table.insert(syntax.items, t)
 end
@@ -24,7 +14,7 @@ end
 function syntax.get(filename)
   for i = #syntax.items, 1, -1 do
     local t = syntax.items[i]
-    if matches_pattern(filename, t.files) then
+    if common.matches_pattern(filename, t.files) then
       return t
     end
   end