[Python-Dev] Issue 2986: difflib.SequenceMatcher is partly broken

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:04:17 -0400
Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> 
> In other words, I see three options for 2.7.1+:
[...]

I don't think 2.7 should get any change at all here. Only 3.2 should be
modified. As Tim said, difflib works ok for its intended use (regular
text diffs). Making it work for other uses is a new feature, not a
bugfix.

Regards

Antoine.