static boolean match3_noWildcards(S a, S b) {
  if (a == null || b == null) false;
  ret match3_noWildcards(parse3_noEllipsis_cachedInput(a), parse3_noEllipsis_cachedInput(b));
}
  
static boolean match3_noWildcards(LS tokA, LS tokB) {
  int n = l(tokA);
  if (n != l(tokB)) false;
  for (int i = 1; i < n; i += 2)
    if (!eqic(tokA.get(i), tokB.get(i)))
      false;
  true;
}

Began life as a copy of #1001104