/* The basic idea is to consider two vectors as similar if, when transforming the first vector into the second vector through a sequence of edits (inserts and deletes of one element each), this sequence is short - or equivalently, if the ordered list of elements that are untouched by these edits is long. For a good introduction to the subject, read about the ``Levenshtein distance'' in Wikipedia. The basic algorithm is described in: ``An O(ND) Difference Algorithm and its Variations'', Eugene W. Myers, Algorithmica Vol. 1, 1986, pp. 251-266, \url{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01840446}. See especially section 4.2, which describes the variation used below. The basic algorithm was independently discovered as described in: ``Algorithms for Approximate String Matching'', Esko Ukkonen, Information and Control Vol. 64, 1985, pp. 100-118, \url{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0019-9958(85)80046-2}. Unless the |find_minimal| flag is set, this code uses the |TOO_EXPENSIVE| heuristic, by Paul Eggert, to limit the cost to $O(N^1.5 \log N)$ at the price of producing suboptimal output for large inputs with many differences. */ /* Before including this file, you need to define: |ELEMENT| The element type of the vectors being compared. |EQUAL| A two-argument macro that tests two elements for equality. |OFFSET| A signed integer type sufficient to hold the difference between two indices. Usually something like |ptrdiff_t|. |EXTRA_CONTEXT_FIELDS| Declarations of fields for 'struct context'. |NOTE_DELETE(ctxt, xoff)| Record the removal of the object xvec[xoff]. |NOTE_INSERT(ctxt, yoff)| Record the insertion of the object yvec[yoff]. |EARLY_ABORT(ctxt)| (Optional) A boolean expression that triggers an early abort of the computation. |USE_HEURISTIC| (Optional) Define if you want to support the heuristic for large vectors. It is also possible to use this file with abstract arrays. In this case, xvec and yvec are not represented in memory. They only exist conceptually. In this case, the list of defines above is amended as follows: |ELEMENT| Undefined. |EQUAL| Undefined. |XVECREF_YVECREF_EQUAL(ctxt, xoff, yoff)| A three-argument macro: References xvec[xoff] and yvec[yoff] and tests these elements for equality. Before including this file, you also need to include: |#include #include | */ /* Maximum value of type |OFFSET|. */ #define OFFSET_MAX \ ((((OFFSET)1 << (sizeof (OFFSET) * CHAR_BIT - 2)) - 1) * 2 + 1) /* Default to no early abort. */ #ifndef EARLY_ABORT # define EARLY_ABORT(ctxt) false #endif /* Use this to suppress gcc's ``...may be used before initialized'' warnings. Beware: The Code argument must not contain commas. */ #ifndef IF_LINT # if defined GCC_LINT || defined lint # define IF_LINT(Code) Code # else # define IF_LINT(Code) /* empty */ # endif #endif /* As above, but when Code must contain one comma. */ #ifndef IF_LINT2 # if defined GCC_LINT || defined lint # define IF_LINT2(Code1, Code2) Code1, Code2 # else # define IF_LINT2(Code1, Code2) /* empty */ # endif #endif /* * Context of comparison operation. */ struct context { #ifdef ELEMENT /* Vectors being compared. */ ELEMENT const *xvec; ELEMENT const *yvec; #endif /* Extra fields. */ EXTRA_CONTEXT_FIELDS /* Vector, indexed by diagonal, containing 1 + the X coordinate of the point furthest along the given diagonal in the forward search of the edit matrix. */ OFFSET *fdiag; /* Vector, indexed by diagonal, containing the X coordinate of the point furthest along the given diagonal in the backward search of the edit matrix. */ OFFSET *bdiag; #ifdef USE_HEURISTIC /* This corresponds to the |diff --speed-large-files| flag. With this heuristic, for vectors with a constant small density of changes, the algorithm is linear in the vector size. */ bool heuristic; #endif /* Edit scripts longer than this are too expensive to compute. */ OFFSET too_expensive; /* Snakes bigger than this are considered "big". */ #define SNAKE_LIMIT 20 }; struct partition { /* Midpoints of this partition. */ OFFSET xmid; OFFSET ymid; /* True if low half will be analyzed minimally. */ bool lo_minimal; /* Likewise for high half. */ bool hi_minimal; }; /* Find the midpoint of the shortest edit script for a specified portion of the two vectors. Scan from the beginnings of the vectors, and simultaneously from the ends, doing a breadth-first search through the space of edit-sequence. When the two searches meet, we have found the midpoint of the shortest edit sequence. If |find_minimal| is true, find the minimal edit script regardless of expense. Otherwise, if the search is too expensive, use heuristics to stop the search and report a suboptimal answer. Set |part->(xmid,ymid)| to the midpoint |(xmid,ymid)|. The diagonal number |xmid - ymid| equals the number of inserted elements minus the number of deleted elements (counting only elements before the midpoint). Set |part->lo_minimal| to true iff the minimal edit script for the left half of the partition is known; similarly for |part->hi_minimal|. This function assumes that the first elements of the specified portions of the two vectors do not match, and likewise that the last elements do not match. The caller must trim matching elements from the beginning and end of the portions it is going to specify. If we return the "wrong" partitions, the worst this can do is cause suboptimal diff output. It cannot cause incorrect diff output. */ static void diag(OFFSET xoff, OFFSET xlim, OFFSET yoff, OFFSET ylim, bool find_minimal, struct partition *part, struct context *ctxt) { OFFSET *const fd = ctxt->fdiag; /* Give the compiler a chance. */ OFFSET *const bd = ctxt->bdiag; /* Additional help for the compiler. */ #ifdef ELEMENT ELEMENT const *const xv = ctxt->xvec; /* Still more help for the compiler. */ ELEMENT const *const yv = ctxt->yvec; /* And more and more . . . */ #define XREF_YREF_EQUAL(x, y) EQUAL (xv[x], yv[y]) #else #define XREF_YREF_EQUAL(x,y) XVECREF_YVECREF_EQUAL (ctxt, x, y) #endif const OFFSET dmin = xoff - ylim; /* Minimum valid diagonal. */ const OFFSET dmax = xlim - yoff; /* Maximum valid diagonal. */ const OFFSET fmid = xoff - yoff; /* Center diagonal of top-down search. */ const OFFSET bmid = xlim - ylim; /* Center diagonal of bottom-up search. */ OFFSET fmin = fmid; OFFSET fmax = fmid; /* Limits of top-down search. */ OFFSET bmin = bmid; OFFSET bmax = bmid; /* Limits of bottom-up search. */ OFFSET c; /* Cost. */ bool odd = (fmid - bmid) & 1; /* True if southeast corner is on an odd diagonal with respect to the northwest. */ fd[fmid] = xoff; bd[bmid] = xlim; for (c = 1;; ++c) { OFFSET d; /* Active diagonal. */ bool big_snake = false; /* Extend the top-down search by an edit step in each diagonal. */ if (fmin > dmin) fd[--fmin - 1] = -1; else ++fmin; if (fmax < dmax) fd[++fmax + 1] = -1; else --fmax; for (d = fmax; d >= fmin; d -= 2) { OFFSET x; OFFSET y; OFFSET tlo = fd[d - 1]; OFFSET thi = fd[d + 1]; OFFSET x0 = tlo < thi ? thi : tlo + 1; for (x = x0, y = x0 - d; x < xlim && y < ylim && XREF_YREF_EQUAL (x, y); x++, y++) continue; if (x - x0 > SNAKE_LIMIT) big_snake = true; fd[d] = x; if (odd && bmin <= d && d <= bmax && bd[d] <= x) { part->xmid = x; part->ymid = y; part->lo_minimal = part->hi_minimal = true; return; } } /* Similarly extend the bottom-up search. */ if (bmin > dmin) bd[--bmin - 1] = OFFSET_MAX; else ++bmin; if (bmax < dmax) bd[++bmax + 1] = OFFSET_MAX; else --bmax; for (d = bmax; d >= bmin; d -= 2) { OFFSET x; OFFSET y; OFFSET tlo = bd[d - 1]; OFFSET thi = bd[d + 1]; OFFSET x0 = tlo < thi ? tlo : thi - 1; for (x = x0, y = x0 - d; xoff < x && yoff < y && XREF_YREF_EQUAL (x - 1, y - 1); x--, y--) continue; if (x0 - x > SNAKE_LIMIT) big_snake = true; bd[d] = x; if (!odd && fmin <= d && d <= fmax && x <= fd[d]) { part->xmid = x; part->ymid = y; part->lo_minimal = part->hi_minimal = true; return; } } if (find_minimal) continue; #ifdef USE_HEURISTIC /* Heuristic: check occasionally for a diagonal that has made lots of progress compared with the edit distance. If we have any such, find the one that has made the most progress and return it as if it had succeeded. With this heuristic, for vectors with a constant small density of changes, the algorithm is linear in the vector size. */ if (200 < c && big_snake && ctxt->heuristic) { { OFFSET best = 0; for (d = fmax; d >= fmin; d -= 2) { OFFSET dd = d - fmid; OFFSET x = fd[d]; OFFSET y = x - d; OFFSET v = (x - xoff) * 2 - dd; if (v > 12 * (c + (dd < 0 ? -dd : dd))) { if (v > best && xoff + SNAKE_LIMIT <= x && x < xlim && yoff + SNAKE_LIMIT <= y && y < ylim) { /* We have a good enough best diagonal; now insist that it end with a significant snake. */ int k; for (k = 1; XREF_YREF_EQUAL (x - k, y - k); k++) if (k == SNAKE_LIMIT) { best = v; part->xmid = x; part->ymid = y; break; } } } } if (best > 0) { part->lo_minimal = true; part->hi_minimal = false; return; } } { OFFSET best = 0; for (d = bmax; d >= bmin; d -= 2) { OFFSET dd = d - bmid; OFFSET x = bd[d]; OFFSET y = x - d; OFFSET v = (xlim - x) * 2 + dd; if (v > 12 * (c + (dd < 0 ? -dd : dd))) { if (v > best && xoff < x && x <= xlim - SNAKE_LIMIT && yoff < y && y <= ylim - SNAKE_LIMIT) { /* We have a good enough best diagonal; now insist that it end with a significant snake. */ int k; for (k = 0; XREF_YREF_EQUAL (x + k, y + k); k++) if (k == SNAKE_LIMIT - 1) { best = v; part->xmid = x; part->ymid = y; break; } } } } if (best > 0) { part->lo_minimal = false; part->hi_minimal = true; return; } } } #endif /* Heuristic: if we've gone well beyond the call of duty, give up and report halfway between our best results so far. */ if (c >= ctxt->too_expensive) { OFFSET fxybest; OFFSET fxbest IF_LINT (= 0); OFFSET bxybest; OFFSET bxbest IF_LINT (= 0); /* Find forward diagonal that maximizes |X + Y|. */ fxybest = -1; for (d = fmax; d >= fmin; d -= 2) { OFFSET x = MIN (fd[d], xlim); OFFSET y = x - d; if (ylim < y) { x = ylim + d; y = ylim; } if (fxybest < x + y) { fxybest = x + y; fxbest = x; } } /* Find backward diagonal that minimizes |X + Y|. */ bxybest = OFFSET_MAX; for (d = bmax; d >= bmin; d -= 2) { OFFSET x = MAX (xoff, bd[d]); OFFSET y = x - d; if (y < yoff) { x = yoff + d; y = yoff; } if (x + y < bxybest) { bxybest = x + y; bxbest = x; } } /* Use the better of the two diagonals. */ if ((xlim + ylim) - bxybest < fxybest - (xoff + yoff)) { part->xmid = fxbest; part->ymid = fxybest - fxbest; part->lo_minimal = true; part->hi_minimal = false; } else { part->xmid = bxbest; part->ymid = bxybest - bxbest; part->lo_minimal = false; part->hi_minimal = true; } return; } } #undef XREF_YREF_EQUAL } /* Compare in detail contiguous subsequences of the two vectors which are known, as a whole, to match each other. The subsequence of vector 0 is |[xoff, xlim)| and likewise for vector 1. Note that |xlim, ylim| are exclusive bounds. All indices into the vectors are origin-0. If |find_minimal|, find a minimal difference no matter how expensive it is. The results are recorded by invoking |note_delete| and |note_insert|. Return false if terminated normally, or true if terminated through early abort. */ static bool compareseq(OFFSET xoff, OFFSET xlim, OFFSET yoff, OFFSET ylim, bool find_minimal, struct context *ctxt) { #ifdef ELEMENT ELEMENT const *xv = ctxt->xvec; /* Help the compiler. */ ELEMENT const *yv = ctxt->yvec; #define XREF_YREF_EQUAL(x, y) EQUAL (xv[x], yv[y]) #else #define XREF_YREF_EQUAL(x,y) XVECREF_YVECREF_EQUAL (ctxt, x, y) #endif /* Slide down the bottom initial diagonal. */ while (xoff < xlim && yoff < ylim && XREF_YREF_EQUAL (xoff, yoff)) { xoff++; yoff++; } /* Slide up the top initial diagonal. */ while (xoff < xlim && yoff < ylim && XREF_YREF_EQUAL (xlim - 1, ylim - 1)) { xlim--; ylim--; } /* Handle simple cases. */ if (xoff == xlim) while (yoff < ylim) { NOTE_INSERT (ctxt, yoff); if (EARLY_ABORT (ctxt)) return true; yoff++; } else if (yoff == ylim) while (xoff < xlim) { NOTE_DELETE (ctxt, xoff); if (EARLY_ABORT (ctxt)) return true; xoff++; } else { struct partition part IF_LINT2 (= { .xmid = 0, .ymid = 0 }); /* Find a point of correspondence in the middle of the vectors. */ diag(xoff, xlim, yoff, ylim, find_minimal, &part, ctxt); /* Use the partitions to split this problem into subproblems. */ if (compareseq(xoff, part.xmid, yoff, part.ymid, part.lo_minimal, ctxt)) return true; if (compareseq(part.xmid, xlim, part.ymid, ylim, part.hi_minimal, ctxt)) return true; } return false; #undef XREF_YREF_EQUAL } #undef ELEMENT #undef EQUAL #undef OFFSET #undef EXTRA_CONTEXT_FIELDS #undef NOTE_DELETE #undef NOTE_INSERT #undef EARLY_ABORT #undef USE_HEURISTIC #undef XVECREF_YVECREF_EQUAL #undef OFFSET_MAX