Apologies for pretty delay in response. Thanks for the suggestions and comments.
>On the other hand, full bit-to-bit comparison is faster and 100% safe >With fideduperange the risk is more than minimized--it's completely >eliminated. Okay got it, will use fideduperange() as default option for the tool and keep ficlonerange() as secondary option. Will make the code changes and send a new patch soon. thanks! Cheers. Lakshmipathi.G