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Re: [PATCH v2] Document levenshtein.c

From
Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
Date
Nov 20, 2008, 17:21 UTC
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<1227201710.22668.2.camel@ld0161-tx32>
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0811201426100.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 14:27 +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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> + * This implementation allows the costs to be weighted:
> + *
> + * - w (as in "sWap")
> + * - s (as in "Substition")
> + * - a (for insertion, AKA "Add")
> + * - d (as in "Deletion")
> + *

Were these supposed to be examples or definitions? The first looks like a definition by example. I'm not sure what "Substition" is besides a misspelling. Is it the definition "Substitution"? Or was it an example "Substitition" poorly spelled? The final two look like straight definitions.

Thanks, jdl

Previous: Johannes SchindelinNext: Sverre Rabbelier
Message 10 of 12 in “Fix deletion of last character in levenshtein distance”
  1. Fix deletion of last character in levenshtein distanceSamuel Tardieu, Nov 18, 2008
  2. Matthieu MoyNov 18, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2008
  4. Samuel TardieuNov 19, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 19, 2008
  7. Document levenshtein.cJohannes Schindelin, Nov 20, 2008
  8. Samuel TardieuNov 20, 2008
  9. Document levenshtein.cJohannes Schindelin, Nov 20, 2008
  10. Jon LoeligerNov 20, 2008
  11. Sverre RabbelierNov 20, 2008
  12. Johannes SchindelinNov 20, 2008

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