On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, EXTERN Yeats Darren (WA Consultants; K5/ESQ1) wrote:
> This is an interesting idea, Christian.
>
> I tried out some examples on paper. Indeed, it seems that by using a
> bi-directional merge arrow after a copy-merge you can get a base contributor
> nearer to the other contributors, as compared to using a uni-directional
> merge arrow. This could in turn make a difference to the merge result. So I
> think I agree with you on that point.
>
> Whether this different result is always a valid one is another matter,
> though... I think sometimes it isn't. I can send along my "paper" example if
> you want.
I'd be interested in seeing this example. I can't figure out a case where
this is wrong, but then, I also do not know the merge algorithm in
sufficent detail. If the deltas are computed on the fly, I'm OK, but if
the deltas are extracted from the data container, the appropriate delta
may not exist and I'm in trouble.
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