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Hi all: I checked out the source code of Python 2.6, and I want to study the diff implementation in python. However, I can not find the right source file. Could any one give me some information which source file contained the algorithm implementation in Python

Thanks for any information!

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Um... The source came with your Python implementation. It's on your disk already. What problems are you having finding your Python installation? –  S.Lott May 5 '11 at 13:15
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@S.Lott: to be completely fair, if the user installs a binary build (say, on Windows) of Python, it will not come with C sources –  Eli Bendersky May 5 '11 at 13:23
    
@Eli Bendersky: While quite true in general, this question isn't very general, is it? It seems to be about difflib, which is pure Python and already installed. –  S.Lott May 5 '11 at 14:00
    
@S.Lott: yes, but if you look at the OP's comment to Sven's answer, it's obvious he wasn't aware of the fact that difflib is pure Python and was actually looking for the "C code underneath" –  Eli Bendersky May 5 '11 at 14:16
    
Thanks Eli, you are right, difflib is pure Python implementation, which I am not aware of. I think I get my answer. Thanks for anyone. –  user722607 May 6 '11 at 1:41

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If by "diff implementation in Python" you mean the difflib module, then here is the source.

There is also a simple diff implementation based on this module in the Python source distribution.

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yes, difflib is exactly what I mean. My point is how python use C to implemention this algorithm. So diff.py is not what I wanted. I think the source file should be under the directory of Modules in python source repository. However, I can not find it. –  user722607 May 5 '11 at 13:02
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@user722607: difflib is a pure Python module, there's no C implementation of it –  Eli Bendersky May 5 '11 at 13:09

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