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

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

On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 02:25:14PM -0700, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> >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?
> 
> Oh.  I'd never used -p.  It looks like diff -c to me.  Does
> it look that to you?

Yes.  The only difference is the "global context" half-line at the
beginning of each chunk.  If you are lucky, it will identify subroutine/block
which this chunk is editing.

Ilya

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References to:

Tom Christiansen <tchrist@chthon.perl.com>

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