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RE: [stellation-res] Revised version of Jonathan Gossage's workspace audit
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dave Shields
> >Sent: September 4, 2002 11:17 AM
> >To: stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [stellation-res] Revised version of Jonathan Gossage's
> >workspace audit
> >
> >
> >On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 09:37:19AM -0400, Dave Shields wrote:
> >> On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 07:53:24PM -0400, Jonathan Gossage wrote:
> >
> >> > > >> 36. The method "normalizeText" neds the Javadoc entry revised to
> >> > > >> reflect new implementation.
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> I have serious doubts about the usefulness of this
> >operation. It is
> >> > > >> costly and given that all internal operations are done on text
> >> > > >> artifacts where line termination characters have been
> >removed during
> >> > > >> the construction process I don't see the benefit.
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >
> >> > > >It is costly, but it is needed. For example, I have encountered
> >> > > >unnormalized files in the Linux kernel, and several times
> >after Jim
> >> > > >Wright has checked in code he created under Eclipse and
> >forgot to put
> >> > > >in "normal" form.
> >> >
> >> > I think I must have a conceptual problem here. Could you explain why
> >> > un-normalized files represent a problem. I am probably
> >missing an important
> >> > point.
> >> >
> >>
> >> This is discussed in the guide (search for 'normal'). I'll
> >post a separate
> >> note on this shortly, as it's probably something we should
> >also put in the
> >> FAQ as well.
> >>
> >
> >I just tried to construct a small example showing why
> >normalization was required,
> >and found it wasn't so easy. Turns out the recently revised
> >signature computation
> >for Text artifacts computes the signature as if the file were in
> >normal form, even
> >it it isn't, so I have commented out the code to
> >TextArtifact.normalize() in
> >Project.computeSignature().
> >
> >dave
> >--
That's why I asked the question. I had seen the new code and new the
signatures were calculated on normalized lines.
Regards
Jonathan
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