Am 25.10.2017 um 20:49 schrieb Stefan Beller: > +/* > + * Compare the strings l1 with l2 which are of size s1 and s2 respectively. > + * Returns 1 if the strings are deemed equal, 0 otherwise. > + * The `flags` given as XDF_WHITESPACE_FLAGS determine how white spaces > + * are treated for the comparision. > + */ > +extern int xdiff_compare_lines(const char *l1, long s1, > + const char *l2, long s2, long flags); With the added comment it's OK here. Still, I find the tendency in libxdiff to use the shortest possible variable names to be hard on the eyes. That math-like notation may have its place in that external library, but I think we should be careful lest it spreads. René