Re: Bug report: "Use of uninitialized value $_ in print"

> Sam Kuper <sam.kuper@uclmail.net> writes:
> 
> > 1. It would yield, IIUC, less flexibility to create new kinds of view
> > based on a consistent, standardised underlying model.
> >
> > 2. It is harder to read, for some types of input (e.g. prose) than the
> > view generated by the existing word-diff algorithm.
> 
> The loss of line-end by the lossy "word-diff" output does not matter
> if you never split hunks, but to be able to split a hunk at an
> in-between context line (which you can already do) and new features
> like per-line selection that are emerging, keeping 1:1 line
> correspondence between what is shown and what is applied is a must.
> 
> Unless you are volunteering to design (notice that I am not saying
> "implement") both diff generation/coloration side _and_ patch
> application side, that is.  In which case, you may be able to come
> up with a magic ;-)