Re: Integrating wdiff into diff

[Manuel Collado]

Denver Gingerich escribió:
> ...
> Upon further reflection, I don't think it's such a bad idea to
> integrate the functionality of wdiff into diff.  It seems strange to
> have two separate tools that compare lines for differences when they
> could be rolled into the same tool.  There are some features that
> wdiff is missing that diff already has, such as the ability to
> recursively compare directories.  I think it would be illogical to
> implement that in wdiff when it's already in diff and the two perform
> very similar functions.  Integrating wdiff into diff seems to make
> more sense.

I agree. Perhaps it would be simpler to consider wdiff just an 
additional user-selectable format for diff output. I.e., diff behaves as 
usual and, if the user request wdiff output then each modified block of 
lines is shown with word differences highlited.

Just my 2c.
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