On 5/2/06, Johannes Schindelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

If you have two different versions of LilyPond, the same object could be
subtly moved between the two. But if you measure the area of the overlap
area between old and new bbox, you have a pretty good idea how much the
result deviates from the original.

And if somebody wants to try a super-cool idea, that measure will not only
tell how much the output has changed, but also where to look for the
largest effect.

Got it.  I was mostly thinking about how to match up elements that are
supposed to correspond if the structure of the stencils changes even a
little: for instance, if ((a b) c) becomes (a (b c)).  Once the
elements are matched up, we can measure the differences between them
in various ways.  Han-Wen's method won't necessarily notice if
elements get larger (e.g., stems get longer).  A more sensitive
measure might use both the area of the intersection and the area of
the union.

David


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