On 23/03/2008, Guy Van den Broeck <guyvdb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
With respect to performance I think there are a lot
of option. We can fall
back on a simpler diff when the filesize or execution time exceeds a certain
number, or the HTML diff can be an extra (experimental) link on the current
diff page.
In general, I don't think the performance concern should hold back this
project. Once we have the optimized html diff code we can decide how and
when to integrate it.
It'd be better, I suspect, to do a really nice one (from the usage
POV) and scale back as and when the algorithm is just too inefficient
- at least you'll know what you're aiming for in the next version.
- d.