GNU bug report logs - #25355
26.0.50; Provide function to non-destructively replace buffer contents

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Reported by: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 12:46:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 25355-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25355: 26.0.50; Provide function to non-destructively replace
 buffer contents
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:47:48 +0000

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Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am Mo., 12. Juni 2017 um
23:17 Uhr:

> Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am So., 7. Mai 2017 um
> 20:21 Uhr:
>
>>
>>
>>> P.S. Doesn't GNU Diff have code to do this?
>>
>>
>> Sure, but it's not a library. libmba was the only library that I've found
>> so far with a usable interface (i.e. that doesn't assume that the input
>> sequences are byte arrays).
>>
>>
>
> Apparently I didn't look closely enough: Diffutils uses an implementation
> of the Myers algorithm from Gnulib, which is customizable enough to fit our
> needs. I've attached a patch that uses Gnulib.
>

I've pushed a slightly modified version of this patch as d682f0daa3.

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