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diff

Functionality to generate the differences between two strings.

diff.changes​

a​

(field) a: string?

b​

(field) b: string?

tag​

(field) tag: "delete"|"equal"|"insert"|"modify"

diff​

function diff.diff(a: table<integer, string>, b: table<integer, string>)
  -> diff.changes[]

Generate the differences between two tables of strings.

diff_iter​

function diff.diff_iter(a: table<integer, string>, b: table<integer, string>)
  -> fun():diff.changes

Same as diff.diff(...) but in iterable mode.

inline_diff​

function diff.inline_diff(a: string, b: string)
  -> diff.changes[]

Generates the differences between two strings.

split​

function diff.split(str: string, mode?: "char"|"line")
  -> table<integer, string>

Split a string by the given mode ready for consumption by diff.diff(...).

mode:
    | "char"
    | "line"