On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com>wrote:
> Excerpts from Kevin Grittner's message of jue sep 30 16:38:11 -0400 2010: > > > When I read the description of the algorithm, I can't imagine a > > situation where --patience would make the diff *worse*. I was > > somewhat afraid (based on the name) that it would be slow; but > > if it is slower, it hasn't been by enough for me to notice it. > > There is a very simple example posted on some of the blog posts that > goes something like > > aaaaaaaa > aaaaaaaa > aaaaaaaa > bbbbbbbb > bbbbbbbb > bbbbbbbb > xyz > > and the "xyz" is moved to the front. In this corner case, the patience > diff is a lot worse. > Sorry, but that example didn't make much sense to me. Can you please elaborate, or maybe share those blog posts you are referring to. Regards, -- gurjeet.singh @ EnterpriseDB - The Enterprise Postgres Company http://www.EnterpriseDB.com singh.gurj...@{ gmail | yahoo }.com Twitter/Skype: singh_gurjeet Mail sent from my BlackLaptop device
