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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal
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Marcus Sundman |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal |
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Mon, 30 Aug 2004 01:29:25 +0300 |
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On Monday 30 August 2004 01:09, Charles Duffy wrote:
> Hmm -- being able to view the difference between two files in a way
> sensitive to their type without being able to apply those changes in a
> way sensitive to the file type seems like rather a waste.
Yes, but that doesn't mean the patch file format has to be different, just
that it has to be flexible enough to accomodate a wide range of situations.
E.g. a diff tool for java source code might notice that a 20 line method
you moved hasn't changed at all, so it might write a patch file saying that
the corresponding byte range is moved to another offset. A generic text
diff tool on the other hand might make a patch file saying 20 lines have
been removed and 20 new lines have been introduced at another offset. The
latter patch file would be a lot larger than the former, but that doesn't
mean they would have to have different formats.
- Marcus Sundman
- [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal, Marcus Sundman, 2004/08/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal, John Meinel, 2004/08/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal, Marcus Sundman, 2004/08/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal, Charles Duffy, 2004/08/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal, Marcus Sundman, 2004/08/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal, Charles Duffy, 2004/08/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal,
Marcus Sundman <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal, Charles Duffy, 2004/08/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal, Marcus Sundman, 2004/08/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal, Charles Duffy, 2004/08/30
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal, Alexey N. Solofnenko, 2004/08/29
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal, David Allouche, 2004/08/30
[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Encoding handling proposal, Stefan Monnier, 2004/08/30
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Encoding handling proposal, Tom Lord, 2004/08/30