-constant">Regexp</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">quote</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">pat</span>)
1422:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
1423:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
1424:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">ignores</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">empty?</span>
1425:         <span class="ruby-ivar">@exclude_re</span> = <span class="ruby-regexp re">/^$/</span>
1426:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>