[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r86745 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/library/difflib.rst Lib/difflib.py Lib/test/test_difflib.py Misc/NEWS (original) (raw)

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Sat Nov 27 21:50:11 CET 2010

On 11/27/2010 7:17 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 4:12 PM, terry.reedy<python-checkins at python.org> wrote:

The :class:SequenceMatcher class has this constructor:

-.. class:: SequenceMatcher(isjunk=None, a='', b='') +.. class:: SequenceMatcher(isjunk=None, a='', b='', autojunk=True) Optional argument isjunk must be None (the default) or a one-argument function that takes a sequence element and returns true if and only if the @@ -340,6 +349,9 @@ The optional arguments a and b are sequences to be compared; both default to empty strings. The elements of both sequences must be :term:hashable. + The optional argument autojunk can be used to disable the automatic junk + heuristic. + Catching up on checkins traffic, so a later checkin may already fix this, but there should be a versionchanged tag in the docs to note when the autojunk parameter was added.

Right. When S.C. forward-ported the 2.7 patch. he must have thought it not needed and I missed the difference between the diffs. Will add note in both places needed immediately.

Terry

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