bpo-35079: Revise difflib.SequenceManager.get_matching_blocks doc (pythonGH-10144)

terryjreedy · web-flow · commit d9bff4e81b8c · 2018-10-26T23:03:08.000-04:00
Specify that blocks are non-overlapping. Change '!=' to '&lt;'.
diff --git a/Doc/library/difflib.rst b/Doc/library/difflib.rst
@@ -457,14 +457,15 @@ The :class:`SequenceMatcher` class has this constructor:
 
    .. method:: get_matching_blocks()
 
-      Return list of triples describing matching subsequences. Each triple is of
-      the form ``(i, j, n)``, and means that ``a[i:i+n] == b[j:j+n]``.  The
+      Return list of triples describing non-overlapping matching subsequences.
+      Each triple is of the form ``(i, j, n)``,
+      and means that ``a[i:i+n] == b[j:j+n]``.  The
       triples are monotonically increasing in *i* and *j*.
 
       The last triple is a dummy, and has the value ``(len(a), len(b), 0)``.  It
       is the only triple with ``n == 0``.  If ``(i, j, n)`` and ``(i', j', n')``
       are adjacent triples in the list, and the second is not the last triple in
-      the list, then ``i+n != i'`` or ``j+n != j'``; in other words, adjacent
+      the list, then ``i+n < i'`` or ``j+n < j'``; in other words, adjacent
       triples always describe non-adjacent equal blocks.
 
       .. XXX Explain why a dummy is used!
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-26-22-53-16.bpo-35079.Tm5jvF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-26-22-53-16.bpo-35079.Tm5jvF.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Improve difflib.SequenceManager.get_matching_blocks doc by adding 'non-
+overlapping' and changing '!=' to '<'.

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	`1`	`+Improve difflib.SequenceManager.get_matching_blocks doc by adding 'non-`
	`2`	`+overlapping' and changing '!=' to '<'.`