Received: from miranda.herrera.iphil.net (miranda.herrera.iphil.net [203.176.28.133]) by hub.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA10563; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 19:30:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from nquiogue@ieee.org) Received: from VPENG (ip112.internal.iphil.net [203.176.9.112]) by miranda.herrera.iphil.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 994331276D; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 08:30:02 +0800 (PHT) From: "neil d. quiogue" To: Bruce Momjian Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 08:30:02 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: [DOCS] 6.5.3 diff Cc: webmaster@postgreSQL.org, docs@postgreSQL.org Priority: normal In-reply-to: <199911082337.SAA29805@candle.pha.pa.us> References: <38275B14.691F4E38@wgcr.org> from Lamar Owen at "Nov 8, 1999 06:21:56 pm" Message-Id: <19991109003002.994331276D@miranda.herrera.iphil.net> Hello, > While we are on the topic, can someone explain why unified diffs are > better than context diffs. I find unified diffs hard to read. The unified diff is a variation of the context diff. The main difference is its compactness -- it eliminates redundant context lines. Regards, Neil D. Quiogue "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." - Ralph Waldo Emerson