False Negative - improperly detects a difference

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#73 False Negative - improperly detects a difference

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Updated: 2012-09-23

Created: 2007-03-23

Creator: Wayne DeVoe

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I was using kdiff3 to compare text outputs comprised mainly of numbers. During the comparison four cases where discovered in which kdiff3 marks characters as changed from one file to the other, when in fact they have not. From what I can tell, it appears kdiff3 is detecting a difference as the insertion of characters. It seems related to sequence of repeated characters. I've attached a bmp screen shot showing an example of the problem.

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Wayne DeVoe - 2007-03-23

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