Re: possible Improving diff algoritm

From: Bernhard R. Link <brl+git@mail.brlink.eu>
Date: Dec 14, 2012, 22:29 UTC
Message-ID: <20121214222938.GB19410@client.brlink.eu>
In-Reply-To: <CALZVap=r0toqWT7aJxiKtezmR8s4QDd0x92JX-eBLWhKaJsmOw@mail.gmail.com>

* Javier Domingo <javierdo1@gmail.com> [121214 13:20]:

> I think the idea of being preferable to have a blank line at the end
> of the added/deleted block is key in this case.

For symmetry I'd suggest to make it preferable to have blank lines at the end or the beginning.

  {
  old
+ }
+
+ {
+ new
  }

vs

  {
  old
  }
+
+ {
+ new
+ }

is just the same case in blue. (Although empty lines alone feels not quite optimal, it is at least a good start).

        Bernhard R. Link