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Re: [PATCH 1/2] diff --stat: use asymptotic scaling in graph

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A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 12, 2006, 22:20 UTC
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apodtele wrote:
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> On 10/12/06, Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 03:37:17PM -0400, apodtele wrote:
>> > Instead of conditionally scaling the stat graph for large changes,
>> > always scale it asymptotically: small changes shall appear without any
>> > distortions.
>>
>> very nice idea!
>>
>> > +     return it * width / (it + width) + 1;
>>
>> but wouldn't this formula result in at least 1, even for a 0 change?
>> Perhaps we'd have to special case an input of 0?
[...]
> +    if (it)
> +        return it * width / (it + width) + 1;
> +    else
> +        return 0;
No conditional needed:
	return it * width / (it + width - 1)
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