[Nick Allen]
>>> Unfortunately, restore does not do the same for unified_diff. I do
>>> not see any similar function that is intended for unified_diff.
>>> Does anyone know how to "restore" from a unified diff generated
>>> delta?
[Tim Peters]
>> That's in general impossible, since unified diffs
Tim Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [Nick Allen]
>> Unfortunately, restore does not do the same for unified_diff. I do
>> not see any similar function that is intended for unified_diff. Does
>> anyone know how to "restore" from a unified diff generated delta?
>
> That's in general impossibl
[Nick Allen]
> After using ndiff from difflib, the function restore
> would return the sequence that generated the delta.
It can actually reproduce either sequence from which the delta was
generated. But this is really trivial: ndiff was intended to produce
diff output for humans to read, and in
After using ndiff from difflib, the function restore
would return the sequence that generated the delta. Unfortunately,
restore does not do the same for unified_diff. I do not see any similar
function that is intended for unified_diff. Does anyone know how to
"restore" from a unified diff gener