On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Olaf Dabrunz <o...@fctrace.org> wrote: > On 09-Jan-16, Olaf Dabrunz wrote: >> Note that the existing diff tools that we all use every day bring in >> heuristical speed improvements, and do pre- and postprocessing to >> improve the results. > > To clarify: the pre- and post-processing improve the result of the diff, > regardless of whether any speedup heuristics are used in the comparison > itself. > > Basically, the pre-processing makes arrangements to skip uninteresting > lines when comparing the texts, so that the relative weight of matches > between interesting lines increases, making it more likely to match-up > interesting lines. > > The post-processing chooses between several same-weight solutions, and > tries to select a solution that is typically more likely to represent > the actual change.
Olaf, what you describe is very exciting. Why not post a pull request? What exactly do you mean by "license issues": is some part of the code proprietary, or GPL? --- Justin M. Keyes -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
