--- a/light9/web/AutoDependencies.ts	Mon May 29 13:23:16 2023 -0700
+++ b/light9/web/AutoDependencies.ts	Mon May 29 13:24:01 2023 -0700
@@ -95,40 +95,31 @@
     prn(this.handlers, "");
   }
 
-  _handlerIsAffected(child: Handler, patchSubjs: Set<string>) {
-    if (patchSubjs === null) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (!child.patterns.length) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    for (let stmt of Array.from(child.patterns)) {
-      if (stmt.subject === null) {
-        // wildcard on subject
-        return true;
-      }
-      if (patchSubjs.has(stmt.subject.value)) {
+  _handlerIsAffected(child: Handler, patch: Patch): boolean {
+    // it should be correct but slow to always return true here
+    for (let pat of child.patterns) {
+      if (patch.matches(pat)) {
         return true;
       }
     }
-
     return false;
   }
 
   graphChanged(patch: Patch) {
     // SyncedGraph is telling us this patch just got applied to the graph.
-    const subjs = allPatchSubjs(patch);
 
     var rerunInners = (cur: Handler) => {
       const toRun = cur.innerHandlers.slice();
       for (let child of Array.from(toRun)) {
-        //match = @_handlerIsAffected(child, subjs)
-        //continue if not match
-        //log('match', child.label, match)
-        //child.innerHandlers = [] # let all children get called again
-        this._rerunHandler(child, patch);
-        rerunInners(child);
+        const match = this._handlerIsAffected(child, patch);
+
+        if (match) {
+          log("match", child.label, match);
+          child.innerHandlers = []; // let all children get called again
+          this._rerunHandler(child, patch);
+        } else {
+          rerunInners(child);
+        }
       }
     };
     rerunInners(this.handlers);