Numeric port names in rules and connections

[mzero]

Say your system looked like this:

& amidiview list -p
Ports:
    MicroMonsta 2      : MIDI 1     [ 32:0] <->
    Midi Through       : Port-0     [ 14:0] <->
    Midihub MH-1Z109TZ : MIDI 1     [ 36:0] <->
    Midihub MH-1Z109TZ : MIDI 2     [ 36:1] <->
    Midihub MH-1Z109TZ : MIDI 3     [ 36:2] <->
    Midihub MH-1Z109TZ : MIDI 4     [ 36:3] <->
    Pure Data          : Midi-In 1  [130:0] <--
    Pure Data          : Midi-Out 1 [130:1] -->

And you run this command:

& amidiview connect Midihub:2 Monsta

This will connect a port from the Midihub to the MicroMonsta. But which port?

I think most users would expect, after seeing the listing above, for it to be the second port, that is [36:1]. I am making both amidiminder and amidiview interpret Midihub:2 this way - as a partial match against the port name.

The old amidiminder treats ':2' as a match on the ALSA id, so [36:2], which is the third Midihub port. I'm adding a syntax to explicitly mean match by ALSA number: Midihub:=2 - but I can't imagine it is all that useful.

Since this is a breaking change (should your rules use port numbers) - I'm looking for opinions.