Re: Change #6: Move textdeltas to the "other side" of the editor.

On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 01:25:44AM -0500, Greg Hudson wrote:
> [As corrected by Greg Stein:]
> > set_file_contents (filebaton, [src_stream], target_stream)
> > apply_delta (filebaton, [src_stream], delta, enum delta_type)
>
> What use is there for src_stream?

The editor implementing set_file_contents() can use the two streams to
compute a delta and then use *that* to transmit what the file should be set
to.

> delta is a byte stream, yes?

Yes. Its format is defined by the enum. At the moment, we have only
"svndiff".

[ in the future, we could have "unidiff" or "gnudiff" or somesuch ]

> Why can't set_file_contents be just a case of apply_delta with a
> delta_type of "new plain text"?

That's exactly what I said. I was outvoted.

Cheers,
-g

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Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/