diff_match_patch.py

#!/usr/bin/python

"""Diff Match and Patch

Copyright 2006 Google Inc.
http://code.google.com/p/google-diff-match-patch/

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
"""

"""Functions for diff, match and patch.

Computes the difference between two texts to create a patch.
Applies the patch onto another text, allowing for errors.
"""

__author__ = 'fraser@google.com (Neil Fraser)'

import math
import time
import urllib
import re

class diff_match_patch:
  """Class containing the diff, match and patch methods.

  Also contains the behaviour settings.
  """

  def __init__(self):
    """Inits a diff_match_patch object with default settings.
    Redefine these in your program to override the defaults.
    """

    # Number of seconds to map a diff before giving up (0 for infinity).
    self.Diff_Timeout = 1.0
    # Cost of an empty edit operation in terms of edit characters.
    self.Diff_EditCost = 4
    # The size beyond which the double-ended diff activates.
    # Double-ending is twice as fast, but less accurate.
    self.Diff_DualThreshold = 32
    # At what point is no match declared (0.0 = perfection, 1.0 = very loose).
    self.Match_Threshold = 0.5
    # How far to search for a match (0 = exact location, 1000+ = broad match).
    # A match this many characters away from the expected location will add
    # 1.0 to the score (0.0 is a perfect match).
    self.Match_Distance = 1000
    # Chunk size for context length.
    self.Patch_Margin = 4

    # How many bits in a number?
    # Python has no maximum, thus to disable patch splitting set to 0.
    # However to avoid long patches in certain pathological cases, use 32.
    # Multiple short patches (using native ints) are much faster than long ones.
    self.Match_MaxBits = 32

  #  DIFF FUNCTIONS

  # The data structure representing a diff is an array of tuples:
  # [(DIFF_DELETE, "Hello"), (DIFF_INSERT, "Goodbye"), (DIFF_EQUAL, " world.")]
  # which means: delete "Hello", add "Goodbye" and keep " world."
  DIFF_DELETE = -1
  DIFF_INSERT = 1
  DIFF_EQUAL = 0

  def diff_main(self, text1, text2, checklines=True):
    """Find the differences between two texts.  Simplifies the problem by
      stripping any common prefix or suffix off the texts before diffing.

    Args:
      text1: Old string to be diffed.
      text2: New string to be diffed.
      checklines: Optional speedup flag.  If present and false, then don't run
        a line-level diff first to identify the changed areas.
        Defaults to true, which does a faster, slightly less optimal diff.

    Returns:
      Array of changes.
    """

    # Check for equality (speedup)
    if text1 == text2:
      return [(self.DIFF_EQUAL, text1)]

    # Trim off common prefix (speedup)
    commonlength = self.diff_commonPrefix(text1, text2)
    commonprefix = text1[:commonlength]
    text1 = text1[commonlength:]
    text2 = text2[commonlength:]

    # Trim off common suffix (speedup)
    commonlength = self.diff_commonSuffix(text1, text2)
    if commonlength == 0:
      commonsuffix = ''
    else:
      commonsuffix = text1[-commonlength:]
      text1 = text1[:-commonlength]
      text2 = text2[:-commonlength]

    # Compute the diff on the middle block
    diffs = self.diff_compute(text1, text2, checklines)

    # Restore the prefix and suffix
    if commonprefix:
      diffs[:0] = [(self.DIFF_EQUAL, commonprefix)]
    if commonsuffix:
      diffs.append((self.DIFF_EQUAL, commonsuffix))
    self.diff_cleanupMerge(diffs)
    return diffs

  def diff_compute(self, text1, text2, checklines):
    """Find the differences between two texts.  Assumes that the texts do not
      have any common prefix or suffix.

    Args:
      text1: Old string to be diffed.
      text2: New string to be diffed.
      checklines: Speedup flag.  If false, then don't run a line-level diff
        first to identify the changed areas.
        If true, then run a faster, slightly less optimal diff.

    Returns:
      Array of changes.
    """
    if not text1:
      # Just add some text (speedup)
      return [(self.DIFF_INSERT, text2)]

    if not text2:
      # Just delete some text (speedup)
      return [(self.DIFF_DELETE, text1)]

    if len(text1) > len(text2):
      (longtext, shorttext) = (text1, text2)
    else:
      (shorttext, longtext) = (text1, text2)
    i = longtext.find(shorttext)
    if i != -1:
      # Shorter text is inside the longer text (speedup)
      diffs = [(self.DIFF_INSERT, longtext[:i]), (self.DIFF_EQUAL, shorttext),
               (self.DIFF_INSERT, longtext[i + len(shorttext):])]
      # Swap insertions for deletions if diff is reversed.
      if len(text1) > len(text2):
        diffs[0] = (self.DIFF_DELETE, diffs[0][1])
        diffs[2] = (self.DIFF_DELETE, diffs[2][1])
      return diffs
    longtext = shorttext = None  # Garbage collect

    # Check to see if the problem can be split in two.
    hm = self.diff_halfMatch(text1, text2)
    if hm:
      # A half-match was found, sort out the return data.
      (text1_a, text1_b, text2_a, text2_b, mid_common) = hm
      # Send both pairs off for separate processing.
      diffs_a = self.diff_main(text1_a, text2_a, checklines)
      diffs_b = self.diff_main(text1_b, text2_b, checklines)
      # Merge the results.
      return diffs_a + [(self.DIFF_EQUAL, mid_common)] + diffs_b

    # Perform a real diff.
    if checklines and (len(text1) < 100 or len(text2) < 100):
      checklines = False  # Too trivial for the overhead.
    if checklines:
      # Scan the text on a line-by-line basis first.
      (text1, text2, linearray) = self.diff_linesToChars(text1, text2)

    diffs = self.diff_map(text1, text2)
    if not diffs:  # No acceptable result.
      diffs = [(self.DIFF_DELETE, text1), (self.DIFF_INSERT, text2)]
    if checklines:
      # Convert the diff back to original text.
      self.diff_charsToLines(diffs, linearray)
      # Eliminate freak matches (e.g. blank lines)
      self.diff_cleanupSemantic(diffs)

      # Rediff any replacement blocks, this time character-by-character.
      # Add a dummy entry at the end.
      diffs.append((self.DIFF_EQUAL, ''))
      pointer = 0
      count_delete = 0
      count_insert = 0
      text_delete = ''
      text_insert = ''
      while pointer < len(diffs):
        if diffs[pointer][0] == self.DIFF_INSERT:
          count_insert += 1
          text_insert += diffs[pointer][1]
        elif diffs[pointer][0] == self.DIFF_DELETE:
          count_delete += 1
          text_delete += diffs[pointer][1]
        elif diffs[pointer][0] == self.DIFF_EQUAL:
          # Upon reaching an equality, check for prior redundancies.
          if count_delete >= 1 and count_insert >= 1:
            # Delete the offending records and add the merged ones.
            a = self.diff_main(text_delete, text_insert, False)
            diffs[pointer - count_delete - count_insert : pointer] = a
            pointer = pointer - count_delete - count_insert + len(a)
          count_insert = 0
          count_delete = 0
          text_delete = ''
          text_insert = ''

        pointer += 1

      diffs.pop()  # Remove the dummy entry at the end.
    return diffs

  def diff_linesToChars(self, text1, text2):
    """Split two texts into an array of strings.  Reduce the texts to a string
    of hashes where each Unicode character represents one line.

    Args:
      text1: First string.
      text2: Second string.

    Returns:
      Three element tuple, containing the encoded text1, the encoded text2 and
      the array of unique strings.  The zeroth element of the array of unique
      strings is intentionally blank.
    """
    lineArray = []  # e.g. lineArray[4] == "Hello\n"
    lineHash = {}   # e.g. lineHash["Hello\n"] == 4

    # "\x00" is a valid character, but various debuggers don't like it.
    # So we'll insert a junk entry to avoid generating a null character.
    lineArray.append('')

    def diff_linesToCharsMunge(text):
      """Split a text into an array of strings.  Reduce the texts to a string
      of hashes where each Unicode character represents one line.
      Modifies linearray and linehash through being a closure.

      Args:
        text: String to encode.

      Returns:
        Encoded string.
      """
      chars = []
      # Walk the text, pulling out a substring for each line.
      # text.split('\n') would would temporarily double our memory footprint.
      # Modifying text would create many large strings to garbage collect.
      lineStart = 0
      lineEnd = -1
      while lineEnd < len(text) - 1:
        lineEnd = text.find('\n', lineStart)
        if lineEnd == -1:
          lineEnd = len(text) - 1
        line = text[lineStart:lineEnd + 1]
        lineStart = lineEnd + 1

        if line in lineHash:
          chars.append(unichr(lineHash[line]))
        else:
          lineArray.append(line)
          lineHash[line] = len(lineArray) - 1
          chars.append(unichr(len(lineArray) - 1))
      return "".join(chars)

    chars1 = diff_linesToCharsMunge(text1)
    chars2 = diff_linesToCharsMunge(text2)
    return (chars1, chars2, lineArray)

  def diff_charsToLines(self, diffs, lineArray):
    """Rehydrate the text in a diff from a string of line hashes to real lines
    of text.

    Args:
      diffs: Array of diff tuples.
      lineArray: Array of unique strings.
    """
    for x in xrange(len(diffs)):
      text = []
      for char in diffs[x][1]:
        text.append(lineArray[ord(char)])
      diffs[x] = (diffs[x][0], "".join(text))

  def diff_map(self, text1, text2):
    """Explore the intersection points between the two texts.

    Args:
      text1: Old string to be diffed.
      text2: New string to be diffed.

    Returns:
      Array of diff tuples or None if no diff available.
    """

    # Unlike in most languages, Python counts time in seconds.
    s_end = time.time() + self.Diff_Timeout  # Don't run for too long.
    max_d = len(text1) + len(text2) - 1
    doubleEnd = self.Diff_DualThreshold * 2 < max_d
    v_map1 = []
    v_map2 = []
    v1 = {}
    v2 = {}
    v1[1] = 0
    v2[1] = 0
    footsteps = {}
    done = False
    # If the total number of characters is odd, then the front path will
    # collide with the reverse path.
    front = (len(text1) + len(text2)) % 2
    for d in xrange(max_d):
      # Bail out if timeout reached.
      if self.Diff_Timeout > 0 and time.time() > s_end:
        return None

      # Walk the front path one step.
      v_map1.append({})
      for k in xrange(-d, d + 1, 2):
        if k == -d or k != d and v1[k - 1] < v1[k + 1]:
          x = v1[k + 1]
        else:
          x = v1[k - 1] + 1
        y = x - k
        if doubleEnd:
          footstep = (x, y)
          if front and footstep in footsteps:
            done = True
          if not front:
            footsteps[footstep] = d

        while (not done and x < len(text1) and y < len(text2) and
               text1[x] == text2[y]):
          x += 1
          y += 1
          if doubleEnd:
            footstep = (x, y)
            if front and footstep in footsteps:
              done = True
            if not front:
              footsteps[footstep] = d

        v1[k] = x
        v_map1[d][(x, y)] = True
        if x == len(text1) and y == len(text2):
          # Reached the end in single-path mode.
          return self.diff_path1(v_map1, text1, text2)
        elif done:
          # Front path ran over reverse path.
          v_map2 = v_map2[:footsteps[footstep] + 1]
          a = self.diff_path1(v_map1, text1[:x], text2[:y])
          b = self.diff_path2(v_map2, text1[x:], text2[y:])
          return a + b

      if doubleEnd:
        # Walk the reverse path one step.
        v_map2.append({})
        for k in xrange(-d, d + 1, 2):
          if k == -d or k != d and v2[k - 1] < v2[k + 1]:
            x = v2[k + 1]
          else:
            x = v2[k - 1] + 1
          y = x - k
          footstep = (len(text1) - x, len(text2) - y)
          if not front and footstep in footsteps:
            done = True
          if front:
            footsteps[footstep] = d
          while (not done and x < len(text1) and y < len(text2) and
                 text1[-x - 1] == text2[-y - 1]):
            x += 1
            y += 1
            footstep = (len(text1) - x, len(text2) - y)
            if not front and footstep in footsteps:
              done = True
            if front:
              footsteps[footstep] = d

          v2[k] = x
          v_map2[d][(x, y)] = True
          if done:
            # Reverse path ran over front path.
            v_map1 = v_map1[:footsteps[footstep] + 1]
            a = self.diff_path1(v_map1, text1[:len(text1) - x],
                                text2[:len(text2) - y])
            b = self.diff_path2(v_map2, text1[len(text1) - x:],
                                text2[len(text2) - y:])
            return a + b

    # Number of diffs equals number of characters, no commonality at all.
    return None

  def diff_path1(self, v_map, text1, text2):
    """Work from the middle back to the start to determine the path.

    Args:
      v_map: Array of paths.
      text1: Old string fragment to be diffed.
      text2: New string fragment to be diffed.

    Returns:
      Array of diff tuples.
    """
    path = []
    x = len(text1)
    y = len(text2)
    last_op = None
    for d in xrange(len(v_map) - 2, -1, -1):
      while True:
        if (x - 1, y) in v_map[d]:
          x -= 1
          if last_op == self.DIFF_DELETE:
            path[0] = (self.DIFF_DELETE, text1[x] + path[0][1])
          else:
            path[:0] = [(self.DIFF_DELETE, text1[x])]
          last_op = self.DIFF_DELETE
          break
        elif (x, y - 1) in v_map[d]:
          y -= 1
          if last_op == self.DIFF_INSERT:
            path[0] = (self.DIFF_INSERT, text2[y] + path[0][1])
          else:
            path[:0] = [(self.DIFF_INSERT, text2[y])]
          last_op = self.DIFF_INSERT
          break
        else:
          x -= 1
          y -= 1
          assert text1[x] == text2[y], ("No diagonal.  " +
              "Can't happen. (diff_path1)")
          if last_op == self.DIFF_EQUAL:
            path[0] = (self.DIFF_EQUAL, text1[x] + path[0][1])
          else:
            path[:0] = [(self.DIFF_EQUAL, text1[x])]
          last_op = self.DIFF_EQUAL
    return path

  def diff_path2(self, v_map, text1, text2):
    """Work from the middle back to the end to determine the path.

    Args:
      v_map: Array of paths.
      text1: Old string fragment to be diffed.
      text2: New string fragment to be diffed.

    Returns:
      Array of diff tuples.
    """
    path = []
    x = len(text1)
    y = len(text2)
    last_op = None
    for d in xrange(len(v_map) - 2, -1, -1):
      while True:
        if (x - 1, y) in v_map[d]:
          x -= 1
          if last_op == self.DIFF_DELETE:
            path[-1] = (self.DIFF_DELETE, path[-1][1] + text1[-x - 1])
          else:
            path.append((self.DIFF_DELETE, text1[-x - 1]))
          last_op = self.DIFF_DELETE
          break
        elif (x, y - 1) in v_map[d]:
          y -= 1
          if last_op == self.DIFF_INSERT:
            path[-1] = (self.DIFF_INSERT, path[-1][1] + text2[-y - 1])
          else:
            path.append((self.DIFF_INSERT, text2[-y - 1]))
          last_op = self.DIFF_INSERT
          break
        else:
          x -= 1
          y -= 1
          assert text1[-x - 1] == text2[-y - 1], ("No diagonal.  " +
              "Can't happen. (diff_path2)")
          if last_op == self.DIFF_EQUAL:
            path[-1] = (self.DIFF_EQUAL, path[-1][1] + text1[-x - 1])
          else:
            path.append((self.DIFF_EQUAL, text1[-x - 1]))
          last_op = self.DIFF_EQUAL
    return path

  def diff_commonPrefix(self, text1, text2):
    """Determine the common prefix of two strings.

    Args:
      text1: First string.
      text2: Second string.

    Returns:
      The number of characters common to the start of each string.
    """
    # Quick check for common null cases.
    if not text1 or not text2 or text1[0] != text2[0]:
      return 0
    # Binary search.
    # Performance analysis: http://neil.fraser.name/news/2007/10/09/
    pointermin = 0
    pointermax = min(len(text1), len(text2))
    pointermid = pointermax
    pointerstart = 0
    while pointermin < pointermid:
      if text1[pointerstart:pointermid] == text2[pointerstart:pointermid]:
        pointermin = pointermid
        pointerstart = pointermin
      else:
        pointermax = pointermid
      pointermid = int((pointermax - pointermin) / 2 + pointermin)
    return pointermid

  def diff_commonSuffix(self, text1, text2):
    """Determine the common suffix of two strings.

    Args:
      text1: First string.
      text2: Second string.

    Returns:
      The number of characters common to the end of each string.
    """
    # Quick check for common null cases.
    if not text1 or not text2 or text1[-1] != text2[-1]:
      return 0
    # Binary search.
    # Performance analysis: http://neil.fraser.name/news/2007/10/09/
    pointermin = 0
    pointermax = min(len(text1), len(text2))
    pointermid = pointermax
    pointerend = 0
    while pointermin < pointermid:
      if (text1[-pointermid:len(text1) - pointerend] ==
          text2[-pointermid:len(text2) - pointerend]):
        pointermin = pointermid
        pointerend = pointermin
      else:
        pointermax = pointermid
      pointermid = int((pointermax - pointermin) / 2 + pointermin)
    return pointermid

  def diff_halfMatch(self, text1, text2):
    """Do the two texts share a substring which is at least half the length of
    the longer text?

    Args:
      text1: First string.
      text2: Second string.

    Returns:
      Five element Array, containing the prefix of text1, the suffix of text1,
      the prefix of text2, the suffix of text2 and the common middle.  Or None
      if there was no match.
    """
    if len(text1) > len(text2):
      (longtext, shorttext) = (text1, text2)
    else:
      (shorttext, longtext) = (text1, text2)
    if len(longtext) < 10 or len(shorttext) < 1:
      return None  # Pointless.

    def diff_halfMatchI(longtext, shorttext, i):
      """Does a substring of shorttext exist within longtext such that the
      substring is at least half the length of longtext?
      Closure, but does not reference any external variables.

      Args:
        longtext: Longer string.
        shorttext: Shorter string.
        i: Start index of quarter length substring within longtext.

      Returns:
        Five element Array, containing the prefix of longtext, the suffix of
        longtext, the prefix of shorttext, the suffix of shorttext and the
        common middle.  Or None if there was no match.
      """
      seed = longtext[i:i + len(longtext) / 4]
      best_common = ''
      j = shorttext.find(seed)
      while j != -1:
        prefixLength = self.diff_commonPrefix(longtext[i:], shorttext[j:])
        suffixLength = self.diff_commonSuffix(longtext[:i], shorttext[:j])
        if len(best_common) < suffixLength + prefixLength:
          best_common = (shorttext[j - suffixLength:j] +
              shorttext[j:j + prefixLength])
          best_longtext_a = longtext[:i - suffixLength]
          best_longtext_b = longtext[i + prefixLength:]
          best_shorttext_a = shorttext[:j - suffixLength]
          best_shorttext_b = shorttext[j + prefixLength:]
        j = shorttext.find(seed, j + 1)

      if len(best_common) >= len(longtext) / 2:
        return (best_longtext_a, best_longtext_b,
                best_shorttext_a, best_shorttext_b, best_common)
      else:
        return None

    # First check if the second quarter is the seed for a half-match.
    hm1 = diff_halfMatchI(longtext, shorttext, (len(longtext) + 3) / 4)
    # Check again based on the third quarter.
    hm2 = diff_halfMatchI(longtext, shorttext, (len(longtext) + 1) / 2)
    if not hm1 and not hm2:
      return None
    elif not hm2:
      hm = hm1
    elif not hm1:
      hm = hm2
    else:
      # Both matched.  Select the longest.
      if len(hm1[4]) > len(hm2[4]):
        hm = hm1
      else:
        hm = hm2

    # A half-match was found, sort out the return data.
    if len(text1) > len(text2):
      (text1_a, text1_b, text2_a, text2_b, mid_common) = hm
    else:
      (text2_a, text2_b, text1_a, text1_b, mid_common) = hm
    return (text1_a, text1_b, text2_a, text2_b, mid_common)

  def diff_cleanupSemantic(self, diffs):
    """Reduce the number of edits by eliminating semantically trivial
    equalities.

    Args:
      diffs: Array of diff tuples.
    """
    changes = False
    equalities = []  # Stack of indices where equalities are found.
    lastequality = None  # Always equal to equalities[-1][1]
    pointer = 0  # Index of current position.
    length_changes1 = 0  # Number of chars that changed prior to the equality.
    length_changes2 = 0  # Number of chars that changed after the equality.
    while pointer < len(diffs):
      if diffs[pointer][0] == self.DIFF_EQUAL:  # equality found
        equalities.append(pointer)
        length_changes1 = length_changes2
        length_changes2 = 0
        lastequality = diffs[pointer][1]
      else:  # an insertion or deletion
        length_changes2 += len(diffs[pointer][1])
        if (lastequality != None and (len(lastequality) <= length_changes1) and
            (len(lastequality) <= length_changes2)):
          # Duplicate record
          diffs.insert(equalities[-1], (self.DIFF_DELETE, lastequality))
          # Change second copy to insert.
          diffs[equalities[-1] + 1] = (self.DIFF_INSERT,
              diffs[equalities[-1] + 1][1])
          # Throw away the equality we just deleted.
          equalities.pop()
          # Throw away the previous equality (it needs to be reevaluated).
          if len(equalities) != 0:
            equalities.pop()
          if len(equalities):
            pointer = equalities[-1]
          else:
            pointer = -1
          length_changes1 = 0  # Reset the counters.
          length_changes2 = 0
          lastequality = None
          changes = True
      pointer += 1

    if changes:
      self.diff_cleanupMerge(diffs)

    self.diff_cleanupSemanticLossless(diffs)

  def diff_cleanupSemanticLossless(self, diffs):
    """Look for single edits surrounded on both sides by equalities
    which can be shifted sideways to align the edit to a word boundary.
    e.g: The c<ins>at c</ins>ame. -> The <ins>cat </ins>came.

    Args:
      diffs: Array of diff tuples.
    """

    def diff_cleanupSemanticScore(one, two):
      """Given two strings, compute a score representing whether the
      internal boundary falls on logical boundaries.
      Scores range from 5 (best) to 0 (worst).
      Closure, but does not reference any external variables.

      Args:
        one: First string.
        two: Second string.

      Returns:
        The score.
      """
      if not one or not two:
        # Edges are the best.
        return 5

      # Each port of this function behaves slightly differently due to
      # subtle differences in each language's definition of things like
      # 'whitespace'.  Since this function's purpose is largely cosmetic,
      # the choice has been made to use each language's native features
      # rather than force total conformity.
      score = 0
      # One point for non-alphanumeric.
      if not one[-1].isalnum() or not two[0].isalnum():
        score += 1
        # Two points for whitespace.
        if one[-1].isspace() or two[0].isspace():
          score += 1
          # Three points for line breaks.
          if (one[-1] == "\r" or one[-1] == "\n" or
              two[0] == "\r" or two[0] == "\n"):
            score += 1
            # Four points for blank lines.
            if (re.search("\\n\\r?\\n$", one) or
                re.match("^\\r?\\n\\r?\\n", two)):
              score += 1
      return score

    pointer = 1
    # Intentionally ignore the first and last element (don't need checking).
    while pointer < len(diffs) - 1:
      if (diffs[pointer - 1][0] == self.DIFF_EQUAL and
          diffs[pointer + 1][0] == self.DIFF_EQUAL):
        # This is a single edit surrounded by equalities.
        equality1 = diffs[pointer - 1][1]
        edit = diffs[pointer][1]
        equality2 = diffs[pointer + 1][1]

        # First, shift the edit as far left as possible.
        commonOffset = self.diff_commonSuffix(equality1, edit)
        if commonOffset:
          commonString = edit[-commonOffset:]
          equality1 = equality1[:-commonOffset]
          edit = commonString + edit[:-commonOffset]
          equality2 = commonString + equality2

        # Second, step character by character right, looking for the best fit.
        bestEquality1 = equality1
        bestEdit = edit
        bestEquality2 = equality2
        bestScore = (diff_cleanupSemanticScore(equality1, edit) +
            diff_cleanupSemanticScore(edit, equality2))
        while edit and equality2 and edit[0] == equality2[0]:
          equality1 += edit[0]
          edit = edit[1:] + equality2[0]
          equality2 = equality2[1:]
          score = (diff_cleanupSemanticScore(equality1, edit) +
              diff_cleanupSemanticScore(edit, equality2))
          # The >= encourages trailing rather than leading whitespace on edits.
          if score >= bestScore:
            bestScore = score
            bestEquality1 = equality1
            bestEdit = edit
            bestEquality2 = equality2

        if diffs[pointer - 1][1] != bestEquality1:
          # We have an improvement, save it back to the diff.
          if bestEquality1:
            diffs[pointer - 1] = (diffs[pointer - 1][0], bestEquality1)
          else:
            del diffs[pointer - 1]
            pointer -= 1
          diffs[pointer] = (diffs[pointer][0], bestEdit)
          if bestEquality2:
            diffs[pointer + 1] = (diffs[pointer + 1][0], bestEquality2)
          else:
            del diffs[pointer + 1]
            pointer -= 1
      pointer += 1

  def diff_cleanupEfficiency(self, diffs):
    """Reduce the number of edits by eliminating operationally trivial
    equalities.

    Args:
      diffs: Array of diff tuples.
    """
    changes = False
    equalities = []  # Stack of indices where equalities are found.
    lastequality = ''  # Always equal to equalities[-1][1]
    pointer = 0  # Index of current position.
    pre_ins = False  # Is there an insertion operation before the last equality.
    pre_del = False  # Is there a deletion operation before the last equality.
    post_ins = False  # Is there an insertion operation after the last equality.
    post_del = False  # Is there a deletion operation after the last equality.
    while pointer < len(diffs):
      if diffs[pointer][0] == self.DIFF_EQUAL:  # equality found
        if (len(diffs[pointer][1]) < self.Diff_EditCost and
            (post_ins or post_del)):
          # Candidate found.
          equalities.append(pointer)
          pre_ins = post_ins
          pre_del = post_del
          lastequality = diffs[pointer][1]
        else:
          # Not a candidate, and can never become one.
          equalities = []
          lastequality = ''

        post_ins = post_del = False
      else:  # an insertion or deletion
        if diffs[pointer][0] == self.DIFF_DELETE:
          post_del = True
        else:
          post_ins = True

        # Five types to be split:
        # <ins>A</ins><del>B</del>XY<ins>C</ins><del>D</del>
        # <ins>A</ins>X<ins>C</ins><del>D</del>
        # <ins>A</ins><del>B</del>X<ins>C</ins>
        # <ins>A</del>X<ins>C</ins><del>D</del>
        # <ins>A</ins><del>B</del>X<del>C</del>

        if lastequality and ((pre_ins and pre_del and post_ins and post_del) or
                             ((len(lastequality) < self.Diff_EditCost / 2) and
                              (pre_ins + pre_del + post_ins + post_del) == 3)):
          # Duplicate record
          diffs.insert(equalities[-1], (self.DIFF_DELETE, lastequality))
          # Change second copy to insert.
          diffs[equalities[-1] + 1] = (self.DIFF_INSERT,
              diffs[equalities[-1] + 1][1])
          equalities.pop()  # Throw away the equality we just deleted
          lastequality = ''
          if pre_ins and pre_del:
            # No changes made which could affect previous entry, keep going.
            post_ins = post_del = True
            equalities = []
          else:
            if len(equalities):
              equalities.pop()  # Throw away the previous equality
            if len(equalities):
              pointer = equalities[-1]
            else:
              pointer = -1
            post_ins = post_del = False
          changes = True
      pointer += 1

    if changes:
      self.diff_cleanupMerge(diffs)

  def diff_cleanupMerge(self, diffs):
    """Reorder and merge like edit sections.  Merge equalities.
    Any edit section can move as long as it doesn't cross an equality.

    Args:
      diffs: Array of diff tuples.
    """
    diffs.append((self.DIFF_EQUAL, ''))  # Add a dummy entry at the end.
    pointer = 0
    count_delete = 0
    count_insert = 0
    text_delete = ''
    text_insert = ''
    while pointer < len(diffs):
      if diffs[pointer][0] == self.DIFF_INSERT:
        count_insert += 1
        text_insert += diffs[pointer][1]
        pointer += 1
      elif diffs[pointer][0] == self.DIFF_DELETE:
        count_delete += 1
        text_delete += diffs[pointer][1]
        pointer += 1
      elif diffs[pointer][0] == self.DIFF_EQUAL:
        # Upon reaching an equality, check for prior redundancies.
        if count_delete != 0 or count_insert != 0:
          if count_delete != 0 and count_insert != 0:
            # Factor out any common prefixies.
            commonlength = self.diff_commonPrefix(text_insert, text_delete)
            if commonlength != 0:
              x = pointer - count_delete - count_insert - 1
              if x >= 0 and diffs[x][0] == self.DIFF_EQUAL:
                diffs[x] = (diffs[x][0], diffs[x][1] +
                            text_insert[:commonlength])
              else:
                diffs.insert(0, (self.DIFF_EQUAL, text_insert[:commonlength]))
                pointer += 1
              text_insert = text_insert[commonlength:]
              text_delete = text_delete[commonlength:]
            # Factor out any common suffixies.
            commonlength = self.diff_commonSuffix(text_insert, text_delete)
            if commonlength != 0:
              diffs[pointer] = (diffs[pointer][0], text_insert[-commonlength:] +
                  diffs[pointer][1])
              text_insert = text_insert[:-commonlength]
              text_delete = text_delete[:-commonlength]
          # Delete the offending records and add the merged ones.
          if count_delete == 0:
            diffs[pointer - count_insert : pointer] = [
                (self.DIFF_INSERT, text_insert)]
          elif count_insert == 0:
            diffs[pointer - count_delete : pointer] = [
                (self.DIFF_DELETE, text_delete)]
          else:
            diffs[pointer - count_delete - count_insert : pointer] = [
                (self.DIFF_DELETE, text_delete),
                (self.DIFF_INSERT, text_insert)]
          pointer = pointer - count_delete - count_insert + 1
          if count_delete != 0:
            pointer += 1
          if count_insert != 0:
            pointer += 1
        elif pointer != 0 and diffs[pointer - 1][0] == self.DIFF_EQUAL:
          # Merge this equality with the previous one.
          diffs[pointer - 1] = (diffs[pointer - 1][0],
                                diffs[pointer - 1][1] + diffs[pointer][1])
          del diffs[pointer]
        else:
          pointer += 1

        count_insert = 0
        count_delete = 0
        text_delete = ''
        text_insert = ''

    if diffs[-1][1] == '':
      diffs.pop()  # Remove the dummy entry at the end.

    # Second pass: look for single edits surrounded on both sides by equalities
    # which can be shifted sideways to eliminate an equality.
    # e.g: A<ins>BA</ins>C -> <ins>AB</ins>AC
    changes = False
    pointer = 1
    # Intentionally ignore the first and last element (don't need checking).
    while pointer < len(diffs) - 1:
      if (diffs[pointer - 1][0] == self.DIFF_EQUAL and
          diffs[pointer + 1][0] == self.DIFF_EQUAL):
        # This is a single edit surrounded by equalities.
        if diffs[pointer][1].endswith(diffs[pointer - 1][1]):
          # Shift the edit over the previous equality.
          diffs[pointer] = (diffs[pointer][0],
              diffs[pointer - 1][1] +
              diffs[pointer][1][:-len(diffs[pointer - 1][1])])
          diffs[pointer + 1] = (diffs[pointer + 1][0],
                                diffs[pointer - 1][1] + diffs[pointer + 1][1])
          del diffs[pointer - 1]
          changes = True
        elif diffs[pointer][1].startswith(diffs[pointer + 1][1]):
          # Shift the edit over the next equality.
          diffs[pointer - 1] = (diffs[pointer - 1][0],
                                diffs[pointer - 1][1] + diffs[pointer + 1][1])
          diffs[pointer] = (diffs[pointer][0],
              diffs[pointer][1][len(diffs[pointer + 1][1]):] +
              diffs[pointer + 1][1])
          del diffs[pointer + 1]
          changes = True
      pointer += 1

    # If shifts were made, the diff needs reordering and another shift sweep.
    if changes:
      self.diff_cleanupMerge(diffs)

  def diff_xIndex(self, diffs, loc):
    """loc is a location in text1, compute and return the equivalent location
    in text2.  e.g. "The cat" vs "The big cat", 1->1, 5->8

    Args:
      diffs: Array of diff tuples.
      loc: Location within text1.

    Returns:
      Location within text2.
    """
    chars1 = 0
    chars2 = 0
    last_chars1 = 0
    last_chars2 = 0
    for x in xrange(len(diffs)):
      (op, text) = diffs[x]
      if op != self.DIFF_INSERT:  # Equality or deletion.
        chars1 += len(text)
      if op != self.DIFF_DELETE:  # Equality or insertion.
        chars2 += len(text)
      if chars1 > loc:  # Overshot the location.
        break
      last_chars1 = chars1
      last_chars2 = chars2

    if len(diffs) != x and diffs[x][0] == self.DIFF_DELETE:
      # The location was deleted.
      return last_chars2
    # Add the remaining len(character).
    return last_chars2 + (loc - last_chars1)

  def diff_prettyHtml(self, diffs):
    """Convert a diff array into a pretty HTML report.

    Args:
      diffs: Array of diff tuples.

    Returns:
      HTML representation.
    """
    html = []
    i = 0
    for (op, data) in diffs:
      text = (data.replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;")
                 .replace(">", "&gt;").replace("\n", "&para;<BR>"))
      if op == self.DIFF_INSERT:
        html.append("<INS STYLE=\"background:#E6FFE6;\" TITLE=\"i=%i\">%s</INS>"
            % (i, text))
      elif op == self.DIFF_DELETE:
        html.append("<DEL STYLE=\"background:#FFE6E6;\" TITLE=\"i=%i\">%s</DEL>"
            % (i, text))
      elif op == self.DIFF_EQUAL:
        html.append("<SPAN TITLE=\"i=%i\">%s</SPAN>" % (i, text))
      if op != self.DIFF_DELETE:
        i += len(data)
    return "".join(html)

  def diff_text1(self, diffs):
    """Compute and return the source text (all equalities and deletions).

    Args:
      diffs: Array of diff tuples.

    Returns:
      Source text.
    """
    text = []
    for (op, data) in diffs:
      if op != self.DIFF_INSERT:
        text.append(data)
    return "".join(text)

  def diff_text2(self, diffs):
    """Compute and return the destination text (all equalities and insertions).

    Args:
      diffs: Array of diff tuples.

    Returns:
      Destination text.
    """
    text = []
    for (op, data) in diffs:
      if op != self.DIFF_DELETE:
        text.append(data)
    return "".join(text)

  def diff_levenshtein(self, diffs):
    """Compute the Levenshtein distance; the number of inserted, deleted or
    substituted characters.

    Args:
      diffs: Array of diff tuples.

    Returns:
      Number of changes.
    """
    levenshtein = 0
    insertions = 0
    deletions = 0
    for (op, data) in diffs:
      if op == self.DIFF_INSERT:
        insertions += len(data)
      elif op == self.DIFF_DELETE:
        deletions += len(data)
      elif op == self.DIFF_EQUAL:
        # A deletion and an insertion is one substitution.
        levenshtein += max(insertions, deletions)
        insertions = 0
        deletions = 0
    levenshtein += max(insertions, deletions)
    return levenshtein

  def diff_toDelta(self, diffs):
    """Crush the diff into an encoded string which describes the operations
    required to transform text1 into text2.
    E.g. =3\t-2\t+ing  -> Keep 3 chars, delete 2 chars, insert 'ing'.
    Operations are tab-separated.  Inserted text is escaped using %xx notation.

    Args:
      diffs: Array of diff tuples.

    Returns:
      Delta text.
    """
    text = []
    for (op, data) in diffs:
      if op == self.DIFF_INSERT:
        # High ascii will raise UnicodeDecodeError.  Use Unicode instead.
        data = data.encode("utf-8")
        text.append("+" + urllib.quote(data, "!~*'();/?:@&=+$,# "))
      elif op == self.DIFF_DELETE:
        text.append("-%d" % len(data))
      elif op == self.DIFF_EQUAL:
        text.append("=%d" % len(data))
    return "\t".join(text)

  def diff_fromDelta(self, text1, delta):
    """Given the original text1, and an encoded string which describes the
    operations required to transform text1 into text2, compute the full diff.

    Args:
      text1: Source string for the diff.
      delta: Delta text.

    Returns:
      Array of diff tuples.

    Raises:
      ValueError: If invalid input.
    """
    if type(delta) == unicode:
      # Deltas should be composed of a subset of ascii chars, Unicode not
      # required.  If this encode raises UnicodeEncodeError, delta is invalid.
      delta = delta.encode("ascii")
    diffs = []
    pointer = 0  # Cursor in text1
    tokens = delta.split("\t")
    for token in tokens:
      if token == "":
        # Blank tokens are ok (from a trailing \t).
        continue
      # Each token begins with a one character parameter which specifies the
      # operation of this token (delete, insert, equality).
      param = token[1:]
      if token[0] == "+":
        param = urllib.unquote(param).decode("utf-8")
        diffs.append((self.DIFF_INSERT, param))
      elif token[0] == "-" or token[0] == "=":
        try:
          n = int(param)
        except ValueError:
          raise ValueError, "Invalid number in diff_fromDelta: " + param
        if n < 0:
          raise ValueError, "Negative number in diff_fromDelta: " + param
        text = text1[pointer : pointer + n]
        pointer += n
        if token[0] == "=":
          diffs.append((self.DIFF_EQUAL, text))
        else:
          diffs.append((self.DIFF_DELETE, text))
      else:
        # Anything else is an error.
        raise ValueError, ("Invalid diff operation in diff_fromDelta: " +
            token[0])
    if pointer != len(text1):
      raise ValueError, (
          "Delta length (%d) does not equal source text length (%d)." %
         (pointer, len(text1)))
    return diffs

  #  MATCH FUNCTIONS

  def match_main(self, text, pattern, loc):
    """Locate the best instance of 'pattern' in 'text' near 'loc'.

    Args:
      text: The text to search.
      pattern: The pattern to search for.
      loc: The location to search around.

    Returns:
      Best match index or -1.
    """
    loc = max(0, min(loc, len(text)))
    if text == pattern:
      # Shortcut (potentially not guaranteed by the algorithm)
      return 0
    elif not text:
      # Nothing to match.
      return -1
    elif text[loc:loc + len(pattern)] == pattern:
      # Perfect match at the perfect spot!  (Includes case of null pattern)
      return loc
    else:
      # Do a fuzzy compare.
      match = self.match_bitap(text, pattern, loc)
      return match

  def match_bitap(self, text, pattern, loc):
    """Locate the best instance of 'pattern' in 'text' near 'loc' using the
    Bitap algorithm.

    Args:
      text: The text to search.
      pattern: The pattern to search for.
      loc: The location to search around.

    Returns:
      Best match index or -1.
    """
    # Python doesn't have a maxint limit, so ignore this check.
    #if self.Match_MaxBits != 0 and len(pattern) > self.Match_MaxBits:
    #  raise ValueError("Pattern too long for this application.")

    # Initialise the alphabet.
    s = self.match_alphabet(pattern)

    def match_bitapScore(e, x):
      """Compute and return the score for a match with e errors and x location.
      Accesses loc and pattern through being a closure.

      Args:
        e: Number of errors in match.
        x: Location of match.

      Returns:
        Overall score for match (0.0 = good, 1.0 = bad).
      """
      accuracy = float(e) / len(pattern)
      proximity = abs(loc - x)
      if not self.Match_Distance:
        # Dodge divide by zero error.
        return proximity and 1.0 or accuracy
      return accuracy + proximity / float(self.Match_Distance)

    # Highest score beyond which we give up.
    score_threshold = self.Match_Threshold
    # Is there a nearby exact match? (speedup)
    best_loc = text.find(pattern, loc)
    if best_loc != -1:
      score_threshold = min(match_bitapScore(0, best_loc), score_threshold)
    # What about in the other direction? (speedup)
    best_loc = text.rfind(pattern, loc + len(pattern))
    if best_loc != -1:
      score_threshold = min(match_bitapScore(0, best_loc), score_threshold)

    # Initialise the bit arrays.
    matchmask = 1 << (len(pattern) - 1)
    best_loc = -1

    bin_max = len(pattern) + len(text)
    # Empty initialization added to appease pychecker.
    last_rd = None
    for d in xrange(len(pattern)):
      # Scan for the best match each iteration allows for one more error.
      # Run a binary search to determine how far from 'loc' we can stray at
      # this error level.
      bin_min = 0
      bin_mid = bin_max
      while bin_min < bin_mid:
        if match_bitapScore(d, loc + bin_mid) <= score_threshold:
          bin_min = bin_mid
        else:
          bin_max = bin_mid
        bin_mid = (bin_max - bin_min) / 2 + bin_min

      # Use the result from this iteration as the maximum for the next.
      bin_max = bin_mid
      start = max(1, loc - bin_mid + 1)
      finish = min(loc + bin_mid, len(text)) + len(pattern)

      rd = range(finish + 1)
      rd.append((1 << d) - 1)
      for j in xrange(finish, start - 1, -1):
        if len(text) <= j - 1:
          # Out of range.
          charMatch = 0
        else:
          charMatch = s.get(text[j - 1], 0)
        if d == 0:  # First pass: exact match.
          rd[j] = ((rd[j + 1] << 1) | 1) & charMatch
        else:  # Subsequent passes: fuzzy match.
          rd[j] = ((rd[j + 1] << 1) | 1) & charMatch | (
              ((last_rd[j + 1] | last_rd[j]) << 1) | 1) | last_rd[j + 1]
        if rd[j] & matchmask:
          score = match_bitapScore(d, j - 1)
          # This match will almost certainly be better than any existing match.
          # But check anyway.
          if score <= score_threshold:
            # Told you so.
            score_threshold = score
            best_loc = j - 1
            if best_loc > loc:
              # When passing loc, don't exceed our current distance from loc.
              start = max(1, 2 * loc - best_loc)
            else:
              # Already passed loc, downhill from here on in.
              break
      # No hope for a (better) match at greater error levels.
      if match_bitapScore(d + 1, loc) > score_threshold:
        break
      last_rd = rd
    return best_loc

  def match_alphabet(self, pattern):
    """Initialise the alphabet for the Bitap algorithm.

    Args:
      pattern: The text to encode.

    Returns:
      Hash of character locations.
    """
    s = {}
    for char in pattern:
      s[char] = 0
    for i in xrange(len(pattern)):
      s[pattern[i]] |= 1 << (len(pattern) - i - 1)
    return s

  #  PATCH FUNCTIONS

  def patch_addContext(self, patch, text):
    """Increase the context until it is unique,
    but don't let the pattern expand beyond Match_MaxBits.

    Args:
      patch: The patch to grow.
      text: Source text.
    """
    pattern = text[patch.start2 : patch.start2 + patch.length1]
    padding = 0
    while (text.find(pattern) != text.rfind(pattern) and (self.Match_MaxBits ==
        0 or len(pattern) < self.Match_MaxBits - self.Patch_Margin -
        self.Patch_Margin)):
      padding += self.Patch_Margin
      pattern = text[max(0, patch.start2 - padding) :
                     min(len(text), patch.start2 + patch.length1 + padding)]

    # Add one chunk for good luck.
    padding += self.Patch_Margin
    # Add the prefix.
    prefix = text[max(0, patch.start2 - padding) : patch.start2]
    if prefix:
      patch.diffs[:0] = [(self.DIFF_EQUAL, prefix)]
    # Add the suffix.
    suffix = text[patch.start2 + patch.length1 :
                  min(len(text), patch.start2 + patch.length1 + padding)]
    if suffix:
      patch.diffs.append((self.DIFF_EQUAL, suffix))

    # Roll back the start points.
    patch.start1 -= len(prefix)
    patch.start2 -= len(prefix)
    # Extend lengths.
    patch.length1 += len(prefix) + len(suffix)
    patch.length2 += len(prefix) + len(suffix)

  def patch_make(self, a, b=None, c=None):
    """Compute a list of patches to turn text1 into text2.
    Use diffs if provided, otherwise compute it ourselves.
    There are four ways to call this function, depending on what data is
    available to the caller:
    Method 1:
    a = text1, b = text2
    Method 2:
    a = diffs
    Method 3 (optimal):
    a = text1, b = diffs
    Method 4 (deprecated, use method 3):
    a = text1, b = text2, c = diffs

    Args:
      a: text1 (methods 1,3,4) or Array of diff tuples for text1 to
          text2 (method 2).
      b: text2 (methods 1,4) or Array of diff tuples for text1 to
          text2 (method 3) or undefined (method 2).
      c: Array of diff tuples for text1 to text2 (method 4) or
          undefined (methods 1,2,3).

    Returns:
      Array of patch objects.
    """
    text1 = None
    diffs = None
    # Note that texts may arrive as 'str' or 'unicode'.
    if isinstance(a, basestring) and isinstance(b, basestring) and c is None:
      # Method 1: text1, text2
      # Compute diffs from text1 and text2.
      text1 = a
      diffs = self.diff_main(text1, b, True)
      if len(diffs) > 2:
        self.diff_cleanupSemantic(diffs)
        self.diff_cleanupEfficiency(diffs)
    elif isinstance(a, list) and b is None and c is None:
      # Method 2: diffs
      # Compute text1 from diffs.
      diffs = a
      text1 = self.diff_text1(diffs)
    elif isinstance(a, basestring) and isinstance(b, list) and c is None:
      # Method 3: text1, diffs
      text1 = a
      diffs = b
    elif (isinstance(a, basestring) and isinstance(b, basestring) and
          isinstance(c, list)):
      # Method 4: text1, text2, diffs
      # text2 is not used.
      text1 = a
      diffs = c
    else:
      raise ValueError("Unknown call format to patch_make.")

    if not diffs:
      return []  # Get rid of the None case.
    patches = []
    patch = patch_obj()
    char_count1 = 0  # Number of characters into the text1 string.
    char_count2 = 0  # Number of characters into the text2 string.
    prepatch_text = text1  # Recreate the patches to determine context info.
    postpatch_text = text1
    for x in xrange(len(diffs)):
      (diff_type, diff_text) = diffs[x]
      if len(patch.diffs) == 0 and diff_type != self.DIFF_EQUAL:
        # A new patch starts here.
        patch.start1 = char_count1
        patch.start2 = char_count2
      if diff_type == self.DIFF_INSERT:
        # Insertion
        patch.diffs.append(diffs[x])
        patch.length2 += len(diff_text)
        postpatch_text = (postpatch_text[:char_count2] + diff_text +
                          postpatch_text[char_count2:])
      elif diff_type == self.DIFF_DELETE:
        # Deletion.
        patch.length1 += len(diff_text)
        patch.diffs.append(diffs[x])
        postpatch_text = (postpatch_text[:char_count2] +
                          postpatch_text[char_count2 + len(diff_text):])
      elif (diff_type == self.DIFF_EQUAL and
            len(diff_text) <= 2 * self.Patch_Margin and
            len(patch.diffs) != 0 and len(diffs) != x + 1):
        # Small equality inside a patch.
        patch.diffs.append(diffs[x])
        patch.length1 += len(diff_text)
        patch.length2 += len(diff_text)

      if (diff_type == self.DIFF_EQUAL and
          len(diff_text) >= 2 * self.Patch_Margin):
        # Time for a new patch.
        if len(patch.diffs) != 0:
          self.patch_addContext(patch, prepatch_text)
          patches.append(patch)
          patch = patch_obj()
          # Unlike Unidiff, our patch lists have a rolling context.
          # http://code.google.com/p/google-diff-match-patch/wiki/Unidiff
          # Update prepatch text & pos to reflect the application of the
          # just completed patch.
          prepatch_text = postpatch_text
          char_count1 = char_count2

      # Update the current character count.
      if diff_type != self.DIFF_INSERT:
        char_count1 += len(diff_text)
      if diff_type != self.DIFF_DELETE:
        char_count2 += len(diff_text)

    # Pick up the leftover patch if not empty.
    if len(patch.diffs) != 0:
      self.patch_addContext(patch, prepatch_text)
      patches.append(patch)
    return patches

  def patch_deepCopy(self, patches):
    """Given an array of patches, return another array that is identical.

    Args:
      patches: Array of patch objects.

    Returns:
      Array of patch objects.
    """
    patchesCopy = []
    for patch in patches:
      patchCopy = patch_obj()
      # No need to deep copy the tuples since they are immutable.
      patchCopy.diffs = patch.diffs[:]
      patchCopy.start1 = patch.start1
      patchCopy.start2 = patch.start2
      patchCopy.length1 = patch.length1
      patchCopy.length2 = patch.length2
      patchesCopy.append(patchCopy)
    return patchesCopy

  def patch_apply(self, patches, text):
    """Merge a set of patches onto the text.  Return a patched text, as well
    as a list of true/false values indicating which patches were applied.

    Args:
      patches: Array of patch objects.
      text: Old text.

    Returns:
      Two element Array, containing the new text and an array of boolean values.
    """
    if not patches:
      return (text, [], [])

    # Deep copy the patches so that no changes are made to originals.
    patches = self.patch_deepCopy(patches)

    nullPadding = self.patch_addPadding(patches)
    text = nullPadding + text + nullPadding
    self.patch_splitMax(patches)

    # delta keeps track of the offset between the expected and actual location
    # of the previous patch.  If there are patches expected at positions 10 and
    # 20, but the first patch was found at 12, delta is 2 and the second patch
    # has an effective expected position of 22.
    delta = 0
    results = []
    results_patches = []
    for patch in patches:
      expected_loc = patch.start2 + delta
      text1 = self.diff_text1(patch.diffs)
      start_loc = self.match_main(text, text1, expected_loc)
      if start_loc == -1:
        # No match found.  :(
        results.append(False)
        results_patches.append(patch)
      else:
        # Found a match.  :)
        results.append(True)
        results_patches.append(patch)
        delta = start_loc - expected_loc
        text2 = text[start_loc : start_loc + len(text1)]
        if text1 == text2:
          # Perfect match, just shove the replacement text in.
          text = (text[:start_loc] + self.diff_text2(patch.diffs) +
                      text[start_loc + len(text1):])
        else:
          # Imperfect match.
          # Run a diff to get a framework of equivalent indicies.
          diffs = self.diff_main(text1, text2, False)
          self.diff_cleanupSemanticLossless(diffs)
          index1 = 0
          for (op, data) in patch.diffs:
            if op != self.DIFF_EQUAL:
              index2 = self.diff_xIndex(diffs, index1)
            if op == self.DIFF_INSERT:  # Insertion
              text = text[:start_loc + index2] + data + text[start_loc +
                                                             index2:]
            elif op == self.DIFF_DELETE:  # Deletion
              text = text[:start_loc + index2] + text[start_loc +
                  self.diff_xIndex(diffs, index1 + len(data)):]
            if op != self.DIFF_DELETE:
              index1 += len(data)
    # Strip the padding off.
    text = text[len(nullPadding):-len(nullPadding)]
    return (text, results, results_patches)

  def patch_addPadding(self, patches):
    """Add some padding on text start and end so that edges can match
    something.

    Args:
      patches: Array of patch objects.

    Returns:
      The padding string added to each side.
    """
    nullPadding = ""
    for x in xrange(self.Patch_Margin):
      nullPadding += chr(x)

    # Bump all the patches forward.
    for patch in patches:
      patch.start1 += len(nullPadding)
      patch.start2 += len(nullPadding)

    # Add some padding on start of first diff.
    patch = patches[0]
    diffs = patch.diffs
    if not diffs or diffs[0][0] != self.DIFF_EQUAL:
      # Add nullPadding equality.
      diffs.insert(0, (self.DIFF_EQUAL, nullPadding))
      patch.start1 -= len(nullPadding)  # Should be 0.
      patch.start2 -= len(nullPadding)  # Should be 0.
      patch.length1 += len(nullPadding)
      patch.length2 += len(nullPadding)
    elif len(nullPadding) > len(diffs[0][1]):
      # Grow first equality.
      extraLength = len(nullPadding) - len(diffs[0][1])
      newText = nullPadding[len(diffs[0][1]):] + diffs[0][1]
      diffs[0] = (diffs[0][0], newText)
      patch.start1 -= extraLength
      patch.start2 -= extraLength
      patch.length1 += extraLength
      patch.length2 += extraLength

    # Add some padding on end of last diff.
    patch = patches[-1]
    diffs = patch.diffs
    if not diffs or diffs[-1][0] != self.DIFF_EQUAL:
      # Add nullPadding equality.
      diffs.append((self.DIFF_EQUAL, nullPadding))
      patch.length1 += len(nullPadding)
      patch.length2 += len(nullPadding)
    elif len(nullPadding) > len(diffs[-1][1]):
      # Grow last equality.
      extraLength = len(nullPadding) - len(diffs[-1][1])
      newText = diffs[-1][1] + nullPadding[:extraLength]
      diffs[-1] = (diffs[-1][0], newText)
      patch.length1 += extraLength
      patch.length2 += extraLength

    return nullPadding

  def patch_splitMax(self, patches):
    """Look through the patches and break up any which are longer than the
    maximum limit of the match algorithm.

    Args:
      patches: Array of patch objects.
    """
    if self.Match_MaxBits == 0:
      return
    for x in xrange(len(patches)):
      if patches[x].length1 > self.Match_MaxBits:
        bigpatch = patches[x]
        # Remove the big old patch.
        del patches[x]
        x -= 1
        patch_size = self.Match_MaxBits
        start1 = bigpatch.start1
        start2 = bigpatch.start2
        precontext = ''
        while len(bigpatch.diffs) != 0:
          # Create one of several smaller patches.
          patch = patch_obj()
          empty = True
          patch.start1 = start1 - len(precontext)
          patch.start2 = start2 - len(precontext)
          if precontext:
            patch.length1 = patch.length2 = len(precontext)
            patch.diffs.append((self.DIFF_EQUAL, precontext))

          while (len(bigpatch.diffs) != 0 and
                 patch.length1 < patch_size - self.Patch_Margin):
            (diff_type, diff_text) = bigpatch.diffs[0]
            if diff_type == self.DIFF_INSERT:
              # Insertions are harmless.
              patch.length2 += len(diff_text)
              start2 += len(diff_text)
              patch.diffs.append(bigpatch.diffs.pop(0))
              empty = False
            else:
              # Deletion or equality.  Only take as much as we can stomach.
              diff_text = diff_text[:patch_size - patch.length1 -
                                    self.Patch_Margin]
              patch.length1 += len(diff_text)
              start1 += len(diff_text)
              if diff_type == self.DIFF_EQUAL:
                patch.length2 += len(diff_text)
                start2 += len(diff_text)
              else:
                empty = False

              patch.diffs.append((diff_type, diff_text))
              if diff_text == bigpatch.diffs[0][1]:
                del bigpatch.diffs[0]
              else:
                bigpatch.diffs[0] = (bigpatch.diffs[0][0],
                                     bigpatch.diffs[0][1][len(diff_text):])

          # Compute the head context for the next patch.
          precontext = self.diff_text2(patch.diffs)
          precontext = precontext[-self.Patch_Margin:]
          # Append the end context for this patch.
          postcontext = self.diff_text1(bigpatch.diffs)[:self.Patch_Margin]
          if postcontext:
            patch.length1 += len(postcontext)
            patch.length2 += len(postcontext)
            if len(patch.diffs) != 0 and patch.diffs[-1][0] == self.DIFF_EQUAL:
              patch.diffs[-1] = (self.DIFF_EQUAL, patch.diffs[-1][1] +
                                 postcontext)
            else:
              patch.diffs.append((self.DIFF_EQUAL, postcontext))

          if not empty:
            x += 1
            patches.insert(x, patch)

  def patch_toText(self, patches):
    """Take a list of patches and return a textual representation.

    Args:
      patches: Array of patch objects.

    Returns:
      Text representation of patches.
    """
    text = []
    for patch in patches:
      text.append(str(patch))
    return "".join(text)

  def patch_fromText(self, textline):
    """Parse a textual representation of patches and return a list of patch
    objects.

    Args:
      textline: Text representation of patches.

    Returns:
      Array of patch objects.

    Raises:
      ValueError: If invalid input.
    """
    if type(textline) == unicode:
      # Patches should be composed of a subset of ascii chars, Unicode not
      # required.  If this encode raises UnicodeEncodeError, patch is invalid.
      textline = textline.encode("ascii")
    patches = []
    if not textline:
      return patches
    text = textline.split('\n')
    while len(text) != 0:
      m = re.match("^@@ -(\d+),?(\d*) \+(\d+),?(\d*) @@$", text[0])
      if not m:
        raise ValueError, "Invalid patch string: " + text[0]
      patch = patch_obj()
      patches.append(patch)
      patch.start1 = int(m.group(1))
      if m.group(2) == '':
        patch.start1 -= 1
        patch.length1 = 1
      elif m.group(2) == '0':
        patch.length1 = 0
      else:
        patch.start1 -= 1
        patch.length1 = int(m.group(2))

      patch.start2 = int(m.group(3))
      if m.group(4) == '':
        patch.start2 -= 1
        patch.length2 = 1
      elif m.group(4) == '0':
        patch.length2 = 0
      else:
        patch.start2 -= 1
        patch.length2 = int(m.group(4))

      del text[0]

      while len(text) != 0:
        if text[0]:
          sign = text[0][0]
        else:
          sign = ''
        line = urllib.unquote(text[0][1:])
        line = line.decode("utf-8")
        if sign == '+':
          # Insertion.
          patch.diffs.append((self.DIFF_INSERT, line))
        elif sign == '-':
          # Deletion.
          patch.diffs.append((self.DIFF_DELETE, line))
        elif sign == ' ':
          # Minor equality.
          patch.diffs.append((self.DIFF_EQUAL, line))
        elif sign == '@':
          # Start of next patch.
          break
        elif sign == '':
          # Blank line?  Whatever.
          pass
        else:
          # WTF?
          raise ValueError, "Invalid patch mode: '%s'\n%s" % (sign, line)
        del text[0]
    return patches


class patch_obj:
  """Class representing one patch operation.
  """

  def __init__(self):
    """Initializes with an empty list of diffs.
    """
    self.diffs = []
    self.start1 = None
    self.start2 = None
    self.length1 = 0
    self.length2 = 0

  def __str__(self):
    """Emmulate GNU diff's format.
    Header: @@ -382,8 +481,9 @@
    Indicies are printed as 1-based, not 0-based.

    Returns:
      The GNU diff string.
    """
    if self.length1 == 0:
      coords1 = str(self.start1) + ",0"
    elif self.length1 == 1:
      coords1 = str(self.start1 + 1)
    else:
      coords1 = str(self.start1 + 1) + "," + str(self.length1)
    if self.length2 == 0:
      coords2 = str(self.start2) + ",0"
    elif self.length2 == 1:
      coords2 = str(self.start2 + 1)
    else:
      coords2 = str(self.start2 + 1) + "," + str(self.length2)
    text = ["@@ -", coords1, " +", coords2, " @@\n"]
    # Escape the body of the patch with %xx notation.
    for (op, data) in self.diffs:
      if op == diff_match_patch.DIFF_INSERT:
        text.append("+")
      elif op == diff_match_patch.DIFF_DELETE:
        text.append("-")
      elif op == diff_match_patch.DIFF_EQUAL:
        text.append(" ")
      # High ascii will raise UnicodeDecodeError.  Use Unicode instead.
      data = data.encode("utf-8")
      text.append(urllib.quote(data, "!~*'();/?:@&=+$,# ") + "\n")
    return "".join(text)