Re: [ID 20000120.001] Diff to add print formatting to debugger

[Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 02:13:51PM -0700, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> >a) If you want to send patches, use diff -pu or diff -p.
> 
> Why would you use -p for Perl code?

Because it makes it easier to read patches.  Why else?

>     % man 1 diff
>     ...
> 	   -p     Show which C function each change is in.
> 
> Also, -p isn't even in POSIX.2, so I don't know how you can expect people
> to have it.

Why is it important "how do I expect" things?  What is important is
that people have it.  Though mentioning -c for a fallback would be
nice indeed...

Ilya

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