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diff --git a/Doc/library/difflib.rst b/Doc/library/difflib.rst index 4427065..efaac7a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/difflib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/difflib.rst @@ -315,6 +315,21 @@ diffs. For comparing directories and files, see also, the :mod:`filecmp` module. See :ref:`difflib-interface` for a more detailed example. +.. function:: diff_bytes(dfunc, a, b, fromfile=b'', tofile=b'', fromfiledate=b'', tofiledate=b'', n=3, lineterm=b'\\n') + + Compare *a* and *b* (lists of bytes objects) using *dfunc*; yield a + sequence of delta lines (also bytes) in the format returned by *dfunc*. + *dfunc* must be a callable, typically either :func:`unified_diff` or + :func:`context_diff`. + + Allows you to compare data with unknown or inconsistent encoding. All + inputs except *n* must be bytes objects, not str. Works by losslessly + converting all inputs (except *n*) to str, and calling ``dfunc(a, b, + fromfile, tofile, fromfiledate, tofiledate, n, lineterm)``. The output of + *dfunc* is then converted back to bytes, so the delta lines that you + receive have the same unknown/inconsistent encodings as *a* and *b*. + + .. versionadded:: 3.5 .. function:: IS_LINE_JUNK(line) |