Re: [PATCH 2/2] diff --word-diff: use non-whitespace regex by default

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Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Factor out the comprehensive non-whitespace regex in use by PATTERNS and
> IPATTERN and use it as the word-diff regex for the default diff driver.

Why?

I seem to recall that the motivation for keeping the original code as-is
instead of just emulating its behavior with a default regex was that it
is faster.  So disabling the default mode should at least have an
advantage?

</devils-advocate>

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Thomas Rast
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