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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcmp.tex b/Doc/lib/libcmp.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 489efee..0000000 --- a/Doc/lib/libcmp.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -\section{\module{cmp} --- - File comparisons} - -\declaremodule{standard}{cmp} -\sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{moshez@zadka.site.co.il} -\modulesynopsis{Compare files very efficiently.} - -\deprecated{1.6}{Use the \refmodule{filecmp} module instead.} - -The \module{cmp} module defines a function to compare files, taking all -sort of short-cuts to make it a highly efficient operation. - -The \module{cmp} module defines the following function: - -\begin{funcdesc}{cmp}{f1, f2} -Compare two files given as names. The following tricks are used to -optimize the comparisons: - -\begin{itemize} - \item Files with identical type, size and mtime are assumed equal. - \item Files with different type or size are never equal. - \item The module only compares files it already compared if their - signature (type, size and mtime) changed. - \item No external programs are called. -\end{itemize} -\end{funcdesc} - -Example: - -\begin{verbatim} ->>> import cmp ->>> cmp.cmp('libundoc.tex', 'libundoc.tex') -1 ->>> cmp.cmp('libundoc.tex', 'lib.tex') -0 -\end{verbatim} |