1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/12.py b/12.py
index 2c2810c..065a566 100644
--- a/12.py
+++ b/12.py
@@ -1,22 +1,34 @@
 # pyright: strict
-import fnmatch
 from functools import cache
 from sys import stdin
 
 
 @cache
+def match(arrangement: str, pattern: str) -> bool:
+    if len(arrangement) != len(pattern):
+        return False
+    for a, p in zip(arrangement, pattern):
+        if p == "?":
+            continue
+        if a != p:
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
+@cache
 def matching(
     pattern: str, groups: tuple[int, ...], length: int, min_offset: int = 0
 ) -> int:
     if not groups:
         return 1 if "#" not in pattern else 0
+    block = "#" * groups[0]
     total = 0
     for offset in range(min_offset, length - sum(groups) - len(groups) + 2):
-        base = "." * offset + "#" * groups[0]
-        if not fnmatch.fnmatch(base, pattern[: len(base)]):
+        prefix_len = offset + groups[0]
+        if not match("." * offset + block, pattern[:prefix_len]):
             continue
         total += matching(
-            pattern[len(base) :], groups[1:], length - len(base), min_offset=1
+            pattern[prefix_len:], groups[1:], length - prefix_len, min_offset=1
         )
     return total