[issue2986] difflib.SequenceMatcher not matching long sequences

[R. David Murray]

R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com> added the comment:

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 at 00:40, Mike Rotondo wrote:
> This seems to mean that you won't actually get an accurate diff in
> certain cases, which seems odd. At the very least, this behavior should
> probably be documented. Do people think it should be changed to get rid
> of the "popularity" heuristic?

A better way, I think, would be to provide a way to turn
it off (and then document it, of course).

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