diff_match_patch_uncompressed.js

/**
 * 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.
 */

/**
 * @fileoverview 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)
 */

/**
 * Modified by Islam El-Ashi <ielashi@gmail.com>
 *  - Added unpatching support
 */

/**
 * Class containing the diff, match and patch methods.
 * @constructor
 */
function diff_match_patch() {

  // Defaults.
  // Redefine these in your program to override the defaults.

  // Number of seconds to map a diff before giving up (0 for infinity).
  this.Diff_Timeout = 1.0;
  // Cost of an empty edit operation in terms of edit characters.
  this.Diff_EditCost = 4;
  // The size beyond which the double-ended diff activates.
  // Double-ending is twice as fast, but less accurate.
  this.Diff_DualThreshold = 32;
  // At what point is no match declared (0.0 = perfection, 1.0 = very loose).
  this.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).
  this.Match_Distance = 1000;
  // When deleting a large block of text (over ~64 characters), how close does
  // the contents have to match the expected contents. (0.0 = perfection,
  // 1.0 = very loose).  Note that Match_Threshold controls how closely the
  // end points of a delete need to match.
  this.Patch_DeleteThreshold = 0.5;
  // Chunk size for context length.
  this.Patch_Margin = 4;

  /**
   * Compute the number of bits in an int.
   * The normal answer for JavaScript is 32.
   * @return {number} Max bits
   */
  function getMaxBits() {
    var maxbits = 0;
    var oldi = 1;
    var newi = 2;
    while (oldi != newi) {
      maxbits++;
      oldi = newi;
      newi = newi << 1;
    }
    return maxbits;
  }
  // How many bits in a number?
  this.Match_MaxBits = getMaxBits();
}


//  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.'
 */
var DIFF_DELETE = -1;
var DIFF_INSERT = 1;
var DIFF_EQUAL = 0;


/**
 * Find the differences between two texts.  Simplifies the problem by stripping
 * any common prefix or suffix off the texts before diffing.
 * @param {string} text1 Old string to be diffed.
 * @param {string} text2 New string to be diffed.
 * @param {boolean} opt_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
 * @return {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} Array of diff tuples.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_main = function(text1, text2, opt_checklines) {
  // Check for equality (speedup)
  if (text1 == text2) {
    return [[DIFF_EQUAL, text1]];
  }

  if (typeof opt_checklines == 'undefined') {
    opt_checklines = true;
  }
  var checklines = opt_checklines;

  // Trim off common prefix (speedup)
  var commonlength = this.diff_commonPrefix(text1, text2);
  var commonprefix = text1.substring(0, commonlength);
  text1 = text1.substring(commonlength);
  text2 = text2.substring(commonlength);

  // Trim off common suffix (speedup)
  commonlength = this.diff_commonSuffix(text1, text2);
  var commonsuffix = text1.substring(text1.length - commonlength);
  text1 = text1.substring(0, text1.length - commonlength);
  text2 = text2.substring(0, text2.length - commonlength);

  // Compute the diff on the middle block
  var diffs = this.diff_compute(text1, text2, checklines);

  // Restore the prefix and suffix
  if (commonprefix) {
    diffs.unshift([DIFF_EQUAL, commonprefix]);
  }
  if (commonsuffix) {
    diffs.push([DIFF_EQUAL, commonsuffix]);
  }
  this.diff_cleanupMerge(diffs);
  return diffs;
};


/**
 * Find the differences between two texts.  Assumes that the texts do not
 * have any common prefix or suffix.
 * @param {string} text1 Old string to be diffed.
 * @param {string} text2 New string to be diffed.
 * @param {boolean} 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
 * @return {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} Array of diff tuples.
 * @private
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_compute = function(text1, text2, checklines) {
  var diffs;

  if (!text1) {
    // Just add some text (speedup)
    return [[DIFF_INSERT, text2]];
  }

  if (!text2) {
    // Just delete some text (speedup)
    return [[DIFF_DELETE, text1]];
  }

  var longtext = text1.length > text2.length ? text1 : text2;
  var shorttext = text1.length > text2.length ? text2 : text1;
  var i = longtext.indexOf(shorttext);
  if (i != -1) {
    // Shorter text is inside the longer text (speedup)
    diffs = [[DIFF_INSERT, longtext.substring(0, i)],
             [DIFF_EQUAL, shorttext],
             [DIFF_INSERT, longtext.substring(i + shorttext.length)]];
    // Swap insertions for deletions if diff is reversed.
    if (text1.length > text2.length) {
      diffs[0][0] = diffs[2][0] = DIFF_DELETE;
    }
    return diffs;
  }
  longtext = shorttext = null;  // Garbage collect.

  // Check to see if the problem can be split in two.
  var hm = this.diff_halfMatch(text1, text2);
  if (hm) {
    // A half-match was found, sort out the return data.
    var text1_a = hm[0];
    var text1_b = hm[1];
    var text2_a = hm[2];
    var text2_b = hm[3];
    var mid_common = hm[4];
    // Send both pairs off for separate processing.
    var diffs_a = this.diff_main(text1_a, text2_a, checklines);
    var diffs_b = this.diff_main(text1_b, text2_b, checklines);
    // Merge the results.
    return diffs_a.concat([[DIFF_EQUAL, mid_common]], diffs_b);
  }

  // Perform a real diff.
  if (checklines && (text1.length < 100 || text2.length < 100)) {
    // Too trivial for the overhead.
    checklines = false;
  }
  var linearray;
  if (checklines) {
    // Scan the text on a line-by-line basis first.
    var a = this.diff_linesToChars(text1, text2);
    text1 = a[0];
    text2 = a[1];
    linearray = a[2];
  }
  diffs = this.diff_map(text1, text2);
  if (!diffs) {
    // No acceptable result.
    diffs = [[DIFF_DELETE, text1], [DIFF_INSERT, text2]];
  }
  if (checklines) {
    // Convert the diff back to original text.
    this.diff_charsToLines(diffs, linearray);
    // Eliminate freak matches (e.g. blank lines)
    this.diff_cleanupSemantic(diffs);

    // Rediff any replacement blocks, this time character-by-character.
    // Add a dummy entry at the end.
    diffs.push([DIFF_EQUAL, '']);
    var pointer = 0;
    var count_delete = 0;
    var count_insert = 0;
    var text_delete = '';
    var text_insert = '';
    while (pointer < diffs.length) {
      switch (diffs[pointer][0]) {
        case DIFF_INSERT:
          count_insert++;
          text_insert += diffs[pointer][1];
          break;
        case DIFF_DELETE:
          count_delete++;
          text_delete += diffs[pointer][1];
          break;
        case DIFF_EQUAL:
          // Upon reaching an equality, check for prior redundancies.
          if (count_delete >= 1 && count_insert >= 1) {
            // Delete the offending records and add the merged ones.
            var a = this.diff_main(text_delete, text_insert, false);
            diffs.splice(pointer - count_delete - count_insert,
                         count_delete + count_insert);
            pointer = pointer - count_delete - count_insert;
            for (var j = a.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
              diffs.splice(pointer, 0, a[j]);
            }
            pointer = pointer + a.length;
          }
          count_insert = 0;
          count_delete = 0;
          text_delete = '';
          text_insert = '';
          break;
      }
     pointer++;
    }
    diffs.pop();  // Remove the dummy entry at the end.
  }
  return diffs;
};


/**
 * Split two texts into an array of strings.  Reduce the texts to a string of
 * hashes where each Unicode character represents one line.
 * @param {string} text1 First string.
 * @param {string} text2 Second string.
 * @return {Array.<string|Array.<string>>} Three element Array, 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.
 * @private
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_linesToChars = function(text1, text2) {
  var lineArray = [];  // e.g. lineArray[4] == 'Hello\n'
  var 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[0] = '';

  /**
   * 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.
   * @param {string} text String to encode.
   * @return {string} Encoded string.
   * @private
   */
  function diff_linesToCharsMunge(text) {
    var 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.
    var lineStart = 0;
    var lineEnd = -1;
    // Keeping our own length variable is faster than looking it up.
    var lineArrayLength = lineArray.length;
    while (lineEnd < text.length - 1) {
      lineEnd = text.indexOf('\n', lineStart);
      if (lineEnd == -1) {
        lineEnd = text.length - 1;
      }
      var line = text.substring(lineStart, lineEnd + 1);
      lineStart = lineEnd + 1;

      if (lineHash.hasOwnProperty ? lineHash.hasOwnProperty(line) :
          (lineHash[line] !== undefined)) {
        chars += String.fromCharCode(lineHash[line]);
      } else {
        chars += String.fromCharCode(lineArrayLength);
        lineHash[line] = lineArrayLength;
        lineArray[lineArrayLength++] = line;
      }
    }
    return chars;
  }

  var chars1 = diff_linesToCharsMunge(text1);
  var chars2 = diff_linesToCharsMunge(text2);
  return [chars1, chars2, lineArray];
};


/**
 * Rehydrate the text in a diff from a string of line hashes to real lines of
 * text.
 * @param {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} diffs Array of diff tuples.
 * @param {Array.<string>} lineArray Array of unique strings.
 * @private
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_charsToLines = function(diffs, lineArray) {
  for (var x = 0; x < diffs.length; x++) {
    var chars = diffs[x][1];
    var text = [];
    for (var y = 0; y < chars.length; y++) {
      text[y] = lineArray[chars.charCodeAt(y)];
    }
    diffs[x][1] = text.join('');
  }
};


/**
 * Explore the intersection points between the two texts.
 * @param {string} text1 Old string to be diffed.
 * @param {string} text2 New string to be diffed.
 * @return {Array.<Array.<number|string>>?} Array of diff tuples or null if no
 *     diff available.
 * @private
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_map = function(text1, text2) {
  // Don't run for too long.
  var ms_end = (new Date()).getTime() + this.Diff_Timeout * 1000;
  // Cache the text lengths to prevent multiple calls.
  var text1_length = text1.length;
  var text2_length = text2.length;
  var max_d = text1_length + text2_length - 1;
  var doubleEnd = this.Diff_DualThreshold * 2 < max_d;
  var v_map1 = [];
  var v_map2 = [];
  var v1 = {};
  var v2 = {};
  v1[1] = 0;
  v2[1] = 0;
  var x, y;
  var footstep;  // Used to track overlapping paths.
  var footsteps = {};
  var done = false;
  // Safari 1.x doesn't have hasOwnProperty
  var hasOwnProperty = !!(footsteps.hasOwnProperty);
  // If the total number of characters is odd, then the front path will collide
  // with the reverse path.
  var front = (text1_length + text2_length) % 2;
  for (var d = 0; d < max_d; d++) {
    // Bail out if timeout reached.
    if (this.Diff_Timeout > 0 && (new Date()).getTime() > ms_end) {
      return null;
    }

    // Walk the front path one step.
    v_map1[d] = {};
    for (var k = -d; k <= d; k += 2) {
      if (k == -d || k != d && 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 && (hasOwnProperty ? footsteps.hasOwnProperty(footstep) :
                      (footsteps[footstep] !== undefined))) {
          done = true;
        }
        if (!front) {
          footsteps[footstep] = d;
        }
      }
      while (!done && x < text1_length && y < text2_length &&
             text1.charAt(x) == text2.charAt(y)) {
        x++;
        y++;
        if (doubleEnd) {
          footstep = x + ',' + y;
          if (front && (hasOwnProperty ? footsteps.hasOwnProperty(footstep) :
              (footsteps[footstep] !== undefined))) {
            done = true;
          }
          if (!front) {
            footsteps[footstep] = d;
          }
        }
      }
      v1[k] = x;
      v_map1[d][x + ',' + y] = true;
      if (x == text1_length && y == text2_length) {
        // Reached the end in single-path mode.
        return this.diff_path1(v_map1, text1, text2);
      } else if (done) {
        // Front path ran over reverse path.
        v_map2 = v_map2.slice(0, footsteps[footstep] + 1);
        var a = this.diff_path1(v_map1, text1.substring(0, x),
                                text2.substring(0, y));
        return a.concat(this.diff_path2(v_map2, text1.substring(x),
                                        text2.substring(y)));
      }
    }

    if (doubleEnd) {
      // Walk the reverse path one step.
      v_map2[d] = {};
      for (var k = -d; k <= d; k += 2) {
        if (k == -d || k != d && v2[k - 1] < v2[k + 1]) {
          x = v2[k + 1];
        } else {
          x = v2[k - 1] + 1;
        }
        y = x - k;
        footstep = (text1_length - x) + ',' + (text2_length - y);
        if (!front && (hasOwnProperty ? footsteps.hasOwnProperty(footstep) :
                       (footsteps[footstep] !== undefined))) {
          done = true;
        }
        if (front) {
          footsteps[footstep] = d;
        }
        while (!done && x < text1_length && y < text2_length &&
               text1.charAt(text1_length - x - 1) ==
               text2.charAt(text2_length - y - 1)) {
          x++;
          y++;
          footstep = (text1_length - x) + ',' + (text2_length - y);
          if (!front && (hasOwnProperty ? footsteps.hasOwnProperty(footstep) :
                         (footsteps[footstep] !== undefined))) {
            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.slice(0, footsteps[footstep] + 1);
          var a = this.diff_path1(v_map1, text1.substring(0, text1_length - x),
                                  text2.substring(0, text2_length - y));
          return a.concat(this.diff_path2(v_map2,
                          text1.substring(text1_length - x),
                          text2.substring(text2_length - y)));
        }
      }
    }
  }
  // Number of diffs equals number of characters, no commonality at all.
  return null;
};


/**
 * Work from the middle back to the start to determine the path.
 * @param {Array.<Object>} v_map Array of paths.
 * @param {string} text1 Old string fragment to be diffed.
 * @param {string} text2 New string fragment to be diffed.
 * @return {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} Array of diff tuples.
 * @private
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_path1 = function(v_map, text1, text2) {
  var path = [];
  var x = text1.length;
  var y = text2.length;
  /** @type {number?} */
  var last_op = null;
  for (var d = v_map.length - 2; d >= 0; d--) {
    while (1) {
      if (v_map[d].hasOwnProperty ? v_map[d].hasOwnProperty((x - 1) + ',' + y) :
          (v_map[d][(x - 1) + ',' + y] !== undefined)) {
        x--;
        if (last_op === DIFF_DELETE) {
          path[0][1] = text1.charAt(x) + path[0][1];
        } else {
          path.unshift([DIFF_DELETE, text1.charAt(x)]);
        }
        last_op = DIFF_DELETE;
        break;
      } else if (v_map[d].hasOwnProperty ?
                 v_map[d].hasOwnProperty(x + ',' + (y - 1)) :
                 (v_map[d][x + ',' + (y - 1)] !== undefined)) {
        y--;
        if (last_op === DIFF_INSERT) {
          path[0][1] = text2.charAt(y) + path[0][1];
        } else {
          path.unshift([DIFF_INSERT, text2.charAt(y)]);
        }
        last_op = DIFF_INSERT;
        break;
      } else {
        x--;
        y--;
        //if (text1.charAt(x) != text2.charAt(y)) {
        //  throw new Error('No diagonal.  Can\'t happen. (diff_path1)');
        //}
        if (last_op === DIFF_EQUAL) {
          path[0][1] = text1.charAt(x) + path[0][1];
        } else {
          path.unshift([DIFF_EQUAL, text1.charAt(x)]);
        }
        last_op = DIFF_EQUAL;
      }
    }
  }
  return path;
};


/**
 * Work from the middle back to the end to determine the path.
 * @param {Array.<Object>} v_map Array of paths.
 * @param {string} text1 Old string fragment to be diffed.
 * @param {string} text2 New string fragment to be diffed.
 * @return {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} Array of diff tuples.
 * @private
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_path2 = function(v_map, text1, text2) {
  var path = [];
  var pathLength = 0;
  var x = text1.length;
  var y = text2.length;
  /** @type {number?} */
  var last_op = null;
  for (var d = v_map.length - 2; d >= 0; d--) {
    while (1) {
      if (v_map[d].hasOwnProperty ? v_map[d].hasOwnProperty((x - 1) + ',' + y) :
          (v_map[d][(x - 1) + ',' + y] !== undefined)) {
        x--;
        if (last_op === DIFF_DELETE) {
          path[pathLength - 1][1] += text1.charAt(text1.length - x - 1);
        } else {
          path[pathLength++] =
              [DIFF_DELETE, text1.charAt(text1.length - x - 1)];
        }
        last_op = DIFF_DELETE;
        break;
      } else if (v_map[d].hasOwnProperty ?
                 v_map[d].hasOwnProperty(x + ',' + (y - 1)) :
                 (v_map[d][x + ',' + (y - 1)] !== undefined)) {
        y--;
        if (last_op === DIFF_INSERT) {
          path[pathLength - 1][1] += text2.charAt(text2.length - y - 1);
        } else {
          path[pathLength++] =
              [DIFF_INSERT, text2.charAt(text2.length - y - 1)];
        }
        last_op = DIFF_INSERT;
        break;
      } else {
        x--;
        y--;
        //if (text1.charAt(text1.length - x - 1) !=
        //    text2.charAt(text2.length - y - 1)) {
        //  throw new Error('No diagonal.  Can\'t happen. (diff_path2)');
        //}
        if (last_op === DIFF_EQUAL) {
          path[pathLength - 1][1] += text1.charAt(text1.length - x - 1);
        } else {
          path[pathLength++] =
              [DIFF_EQUAL, text1.charAt(text1.length - x - 1)];
        }
        last_op = DIFF_EQUAL;
      }
    }
  }
  return path;
};


/**
 * Determine the common prefix of two strings
 * @param {string} text1 First string.
 * @param {string} text2 Second string.
 * @return {number} The number of characters common to the start of each
 *     string.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_commonPrefix = function(text1, text2) {
  // Quick check for common null cases.
  if (!text1 || !text2 || text1.charCodeAt(0) !== text2.charCodeAt(0)) {
    return 0;
  }
  // Binary search.
  // Performance analysis: http://neil.fraser.name/news/2007/10/09/
  var pointermin = 0;
  var pointermax = Math.min(text1.length, text2.length);
  var pointermid = pointermax;
  var pointerstart = 0;
  while (pointermin < pointermid) {
    if (text1.substring(pointerstart, pointermid) ==
        text2.substring(pointerstart, pointermid)) {
      pointermin = pointermid;
      pointerstart = pointermin;
    } else {
      pointermax = pointermid;
    }
    pointermid = Math.floor((pointermax - pointermin) / 2 + pointermin);
  }
  return pointermid;
};


/**
 * Determine the common suffix of two strings
 * @param {string} text1 First string.
 * @param {string} text2 Second string.
 * @return {number} The number of characters common to the end of each string.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_commonSuffix = function(text1, text2) {
  // Quick check for common null cases.
  if (!text1 || !text2 || text1.charCodeAt(text1.length - 1) !==
                          text2.charCodeAt(text2.length - 1)) {
    return 0;
  }
  // Binary search.
  // Performance analysis: http://neil.fraser.name/news/2007/10/09/
  var pointermin = 0;
  var pointermax = Math.min(text1.length, text2.length);
  var pointermid = pointermax;
  var pointerend = 0;
  while (pointermin < pointermid) {
    if (text1.substring(text1.length - pointermid, text1.length - pointerend) ==
        text2.substring(text2.length - pointermid, text2.length - pointerend)) {
      pointermin = pointermid;
      pointerend = pointermin;
    } else {
      pointermax = pointermid;
    }
    pointermid = Math.floor((pointermax - pointermin) / 2 + pointermin);
  }
  return pointermid;
};


/**
 * Do the two texts share a substring which is at least half the length of the
 * longer text?
 * @param {string} text1 First string.
 * @param {string} text2 Second string.
 * @return {Array.<string>?} 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 null if there was no match.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_halfMatch = function(text1, text2) {
  var longtext = text1.length > text2.length ? text1 : text2;
  var shorttext = text1.length > text2.length ? text2 : text1;
  if (longtext.length < 10 || shorttext.length < 1) {
    return null;  // Pointless.
  }
  var dmp = this;  // 'this' becomes 'window' in a closure.

  /**
   * 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.
   * @param {string} longtext Longer string.
   * @param {string} shorttext Shorter string.
   * @param {number} i Start index of quarter length substring within longtext
   * @return {Array.<string>?} 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 null if there was no match.
   * @private
   */
  function diff_halfMatchI(longtext, shorttext, i) {
    // Start with a 1/4 length substring at position i as a seed.
    var seed = longtext.substring(i, i + Math.floor(longtext.length / 4));
    var j = -1;
    var best_common = '';
    var best_longtext_a, best_longtext_b, best_shorttext_a, best_shorttext_b;
    while ((j = shorttext.indexOf(seed, j + 1)) != -1) {
      var prefixLength = dmp.diff_commonPrefix(longtext.substring(i),
                                               shorttext.substring(j));
      var suffixLength = dmp.diff_commonSuffix(longtext.substring(0, i),
                                               shorttext.substring(0, j));
      if (best_common.length < suffixLength + prefixLength) {
        best_common = shorttext.substring(j - suffixLength, j) +
            shorttext.substring(j, j + prefixLength);
        best_longtext_a = longtext.substring(0, i - suffixLength);
        best_longtext_b = longtext.substring(i + prefixLength);
        best_shorttext_a = shorttext.substring(0, j - suffixLength);
        best_shorttext_b = shorttext.substring(j + prefixLength);
      }
    }
    if (best_common.length >= longtext.length / 2) {
      return [best_longtext_a, best_longtext_b,
              best_shorttext_a, best_shorttext_b, best_common];
    } else {
      return null;
    }
  }

  // First check if the second quarter is the seed for a half-match.
  var hm1 = diff_halfMatchI(longtext, shorttext,
                            Math.ceil(longtext.length / 4));
  // Check again based on the third quarter.
  var hm2 = diff_halfMatchI(longtext, shorttext,
                            Math.ceil(longtext.length / 2));
  var hm;
  if (!hm1 && !hm2) {
    return null;
  } else if (!hm2) {
    hm = hm1;
  } else if (!hm1) {
    hm = hm2;
  } else {
    // Both matched.  Select the longest.
    hm = hm1[4].length > hm2[4].length ? hm1 : hm2;
  }

  // A half-match was found, sort out the return data.
  var text1_a, text1_b, text2_a, text2_b;
  if (text1.length > text2.length) {
    text1_a = hm[0];
    text1_b = hm[1];
    text2_a = hm[2];
    text2_b = hm[3];
  } else {
    text2_a = hm[0];
    text2_b = hm[1];
    text1_a = hm[2];
    text1_b = hm[3];
  }
  var mid_common = hm[4];
  return [text1_a, text1_b, text2_a, text2_b, mid_common];
};


/**
 * Reduce the number of edits by eliminating semantically trivial equalities.
 * @param {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} diffs Array of diff tuples.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_cleanupSemantic = function(diffs) {
  var changes = false;
  var equalities = [];  // Stack of indices where equalities are found.
  var equalitiesLength = 0;  // Keeping our own length var is faster in JS.
  var lastequality = null;  // Always equal to equalities[equalitiesLength-1][1]
  var pointer = 0;  // Index of current position.
  // Number of characters that changed prior to the equality.
  var length_changes1 = 0;
  // Number of characters that changed after the equality.
  var length_changes2 = 0;
  while (pointer < diffs.length) {
    if (diffs[pointer][0] == DIFF_EQUAL) {  // equality found
      equalities[equalitiesLength++] = pointer;
      length_changes1 = length_changes2;
      length_changes2 = 0;
      lastequality = diffs[pointer][1];
    } else {  // an insertion or deletion
      length_changes2 += diffs[pointer][1].length;
      if (lastequality !== null && (lastequality.length <= length_changes1) &&
          (lastequality.length <= length_changes2)) {
        // Duplicate record
        diffs.splice(equalities[equalitiesLength - 1], 0,
                     [DIFF_DELETE, lastequality]);
        // Change second copy to insert.
        diffs[equalities[equalitiesLength - 1] + 1][0] = DIFF_INSERT;
        // Throw away the equality we just deleted.
        equalitiesLength--;
        // Throw away the previous equality (it needs to be reevaluated).
        equalitiesLength--;
        pointer = equalitiesLength > 0 ? equalities[equalitiesLength - 1] : -1;
        length_changes1 = 0;  // Reset the counters.
        length_changes2 = 0;
        lastequality = null;
        changes = true;
      }
    }
    pointer++;
  }
  if (changes) {
    this.diff_cleanupMerge(diffs);
  }
  this.diff_cleanupSemanticLossless(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.
 * @param {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} diffs Array of diff tuples.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_cleanupSemanticLossless = function(diffs) {
  // Define some regex patterns for matching boundaries.
  var punctuation = /[^a-zA-Z0-9]/;
  var whitespace = /\s/;
  var linebreak = /[\r\n]/;
  var blanklineEnd = /\n\r?\n$/;
  var blanklineStart = /^\r?\n\r?\n/;

  /**
   * Given two strings, compute a score representing whether the internal
   * boundary falls on logical boundaries.
   * Scores range from 5 (best) to 0 (worst).
   * Closure, makes reference to regex patterns defined above.
   * @param {string} one First string.
   * @param {string} two Second string.
   * @return {number} The score.
   */
  function diff_cleanupSemanticScore(one, two) {
    if (!one || !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.
    var score = 0;
    // One point for non-alphanumeric.
    if (one.charAt(one.length - 1).match(punctuation) ||
        two.charAt(0).match(punctuation)) {
      score++;
      // Two points for whitespace.
      if (one.charAt(one.length - 1).match(whitespace) ||
          two.charAt(0).match(whitespace)) {
        score++;
        // Three points for line breaks.
        if (one.charAt(one.length - 1).match(linebreak) ||
            two.charAt(0).match(linebreak)) {
          score++;
          // Four points for blank lines.
          if (one.match(blanklineEnd) || two.match(blanklineStart)) {
            score++;
          }
        }
      }
    }
    return score;
  }

  var pointer = 1;
  // Intentionally ignore the first and last element (don't need checking).
  while (pointer < diffs.length - 1) {
    if (diffs[pointer - 1][0] == DIFF_EQUAL &&
        diffs[pointer + 1][0] == DIFF_EQUAL) {
      // This is a single edit surrounded by equalities.
      var equality1 = diffs[pointer - 1][1];
      var edit = diffs[pointer][1];
      var equality2 = diffs[pointer + 1][1];

      // First, shift the edit as far left as possible.
      var commonOffset = this.diff_commonSuffix(equality1, edit);
      if (commonOffset) {
        var commonString = edit.substring(edit.length - commonOffset);
        equality1 = equality1.substring(0, equality1.length - commonOffset);
        edit = commonString + edit.substring(0, edit.length - commonOffset);
        equality2 = commonString + equality2;
      }

      // Second, step character by character right, looking for the best fit.
      var bestEquality1 = equality1;
      var bestEdit = edit;
      var bestEquality2 = equality2;
      var bestScore = diff_cleanupSemanticScore(equality1, edit) +
          diff_cleanupSemanticScore(edit, equality2);
      while (edit.charAt(0) === equality2.charAt(0)) {
        equality1 += edit.charAt(0);
        edit = edit.substring(1) + equality2.charAt(0);
        equality2 = equality2.substring(1);
        var 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][1] = bestEquality1;
        } else {
          diffs.splice(pointer - 1, 1);
          pointer--;
        }
        diffs[pointer][1] = bestEdit;
        if (bestEquality2) {
          diffs[pointer + 1][1] = bestEquality2;
        } else {
          diffs.splice(pointer + 1, 1);
          pointer--;
        }
      }
    }
    pointer++;
  }
};


/**
 * Reduce the number of edits by eliminating operationally trivial equalities.
 * @param {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} diffs Array of diff tuples.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_cleanupEfficiency = function(diffs) {
  var changes = false;
  var equalities = [];  // Stack of indices where equalities are found.
  var equalitiesLength = 0;  // Keeping our own length var is faster in JS.
  var lastequality = '';  // Always equal to equalities[equalitiesLength-1][1]
  var pointer = 0;  // Index of current position.
  // Is there an insertion operation before the last equality.
  var pre_ins = false;
  // Is there a deletion operation before the last equality.
  var pre_del = false;
  // Is there an insertion operation after the last equality.
  var post_ins = false;
  // Is there a deletion operation after the last equality.
  var post_del = false;
  while (pointer < diffs.length) {
    if (diffs[pointer][0] == DIFF_EQUAL) {  // equality found
      if (diffs[pointer][1].length < this.Diff_EditCost &&
          (post_ins || post_del)) {
        // Candidate found.
        equalities[equalitiesLength++] = pointer;
        pre_ins = post_ins;
        pre_del = post_del;
        lastequality = diffs[pointer][1];
      } else {
        // Not a candidate, and can never become one.
        equalitiesLength = 0;
        lastequality = '';
      }
      post_ins = post_del = false;
    } else {  // an insertion or deletion
      if (diffs[pointer][0] == 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 && ((pre_ins && pre_del && post_ins && post_del) ||
                           ((lastequality.length < this.Diff_EditCost / 2) &&
                            (pre_ins + pre_del + post_ins + post_del) == 3))) {
        // Duplicate record
        diffs.splice(equalities[equalitiesLength - 1], 0,
                     [DIFF_DELETE, lastequality]);
        // Change second copy to insert.
        diffs[equalities[equalitiesLength - 1] + 1][0] = DIFF_INSERT;
        equalitiesLength--;  // Throw away the equality we just deleted;
        lastequality = '';
        if (pre_ins && pre_del) {
          // No changes made which could affect previous entry, keep going.
          post_ins = post_del = true;
          equalitiesLength = 0;
        } else {
          equalitiesLength--;  // Throw away the previous equality;
          pointer = equalitiesLength > 0 ?
              equalities[equalitiesLength - 1] : -1;
          post_ins = post_del = false;
        }
        changes = true;
      }
    }
    pointer++;
  }

  if (changes) {
    this.diff_cleanupMerge(diffs);
  }
};


/**
 * Reorder and merge like edit sections.  Merge equalities.
 * Any edit section can move as long as it doesn't cross an equality.
 * @param {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} diffs Array of diff tuples.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_cleanupMerge = function(diffs) {
  diffs.push([DIFF_EQUAL, '']);  // Add a dummy entry at the end.
  var pointer = 0;
  var count_delete = 0;
  var count_insert = 0;
  var text_delete = '';
  var text_insert = '';
  var commonlength;
  while (pointer < diffs.length) {
    switch (diffs[pointer][0]) {
      case DIFF_INSERT:
        count_insert++;
        text_insert += diffs[pointer][1];
        pointer++;
        break;
      case DIFF_DELETE:
        count_delete++;
        text_delete += diffs[pointer][1];
        pointer++;
        break;
      case DIFF_EQUAL:
        // Upon reaching an equality, check for prior redundancies.
        if (count_delete !== 0 || count_insert !== 0) {
          if (count_delete !== 0 && count_insert !== 0) {
            // Factor out any common prefixies.
            commonlength = this.diff_commonPrefix(text_insert, text_delete);
            if (commonlength !== 0) {
              if ((pointer - count_delete - count_insert) > 0 &&
                  diffs[pointer - count_delete - count_insert - 1][0] ==
                  DIFF_EQUAL) {
                diffs[pointer - count_delete - count_insert - 1][1] +=
                    text_insert.substring(0, commonlength);
              } else {
                diffs.splice(0, 0, [DIFF_EQUAL,
                    text_insert.substring(0, commonlength)]);
                pointer++;
              }
              text_insert = text_insert.substring(commonlength);
              text_delete = text_delete.substring(commonlength);
            }
            // Factor out any common suffixies.
            commonlength = this.diff_commonSuffix(text_insert, text_delete);
            if (commonlength !== 0) {
              diffs[pointer][1] = text_insert.substring(text_insert.length -
                  commonlength) + diffs[pointer][1];
              text_insert = text_insert.substring(0, text_insert.length -
                  commonlength);
              text_delete = text_delete.substring(0, text_delete.length -
                  commonlength);
            }
          }
          // Delete the offending records and add the merged ones.
          if (count_delete === 0) {
            diffs.splice(pointer - count_delete - count_insert,
                count_delete + count_insert, [DIFF_INSERT, text_insert]);
          } else if (count_insert === 0) {
            diffs.splice(pointer - count_delete - count_insert,
                count_delete + count_insert, [DIFF_DELETE, text_delete]);
          } else {
            diffs.splice(pointer - count_delete - count_insert,
                count_delete + count_insert, [DIFF_DELETE, text_delete],
                [DIFF_INSERT, text_insert]);
          }
          pointer = pointer - count_delete - count_insert +
                    (count_delete ? 1 : 0) + (count_insert ? 1 : 0) + 1;
        } else if (pointer !== 0 && diffs[pointer - 1][0] == DIFF_EQUAL) {
          // Merge this equality with the previous one.
          diffs[pointer - 1][1] += diffs[pointer][1];
          diffs.splice(pointer, 1);
        } else {
          pointer++;
        }
        count_insert = 0;
        count_delete = 0;
        text_delete = '';
        text_insert = '';
        break;
    }
  }
  if (diffs[diffs.length - 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
  var changes = false;
  pointer = 1;
  // Intentionally ignore the first and last element (don't need checking).
  while (pointer < diffs.length - 1) {
    if (diffs[pointer - 1][0] == DIFF_EQUAL &&
        diffs[pointer + 1][0] == DIFF_EQUAL) {
      // This is a single edit surrounded by equalities.
      if (diffs[pointer][1].substring(diffs[pointer][1].length -
          diffs[pointer - 1][1].length) == diffs[pointer - 1][1]) {
        // Shift the edit over the previous equality.
        diffs[pointer][1] = diffs[pointer - 1][1] +
            diffs[pointer][1].substring(0, diffs[pointer][1].length -
                                        diffs[pointer - 1][1].length);
        diffs[pointer + 1][1] = diffs[pointer - 1][1] + diffs[pointer + 1][1];
        diffs.splice(pointer - 1, 1);
        changes = true;
      } else if (diffs[pointer][1].substring(0, diffs[pointer + 1][1].length) ==
          diffs[pointer + 1][1]) {
        // Shift the edit over the next equality.
        diffs[pointer - 1][1] += diffs[pointer + 1][1];
        diffs[pointer][1] =
            diffs[pointer][1].substring(diffs[pointer + 1][1].length) +
            diffs[pointer + 1][1];
        diffs.splice(pointer + 1, 1);
        changes = true;
      }
    }
    pointer++;
  }
  // If shifts were made, the diff needs reordering and another shift sweep.
  if (changes) {
    this.diff_cleanupMerge(diffs);
  }
};


/**
 * 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
 * @param {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} diffs Array of diff tuples.
 * @param {number} loc Location within text1.
 * @return {number} Location within text2.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_xIndex = function(diffs, loc) {
  var chars1 = 0;
  var chars2 = 0;
  var last_chars1 = 0;
  var last_chars2 = 0;
  var x;
  for (x = 0; x < diffs.length; x++) {
    if (diffs[x][0] !== DIFF_INSERT) {  // Equality or deletion.
      chars1 += diffs[x][1].length;
    }
    if (diffs[x][0] !== DIFF_DELETE) {  // Equality or insertion.
      chars2 += diffs[x][1].length;
    }
    if (chars1 > loc) {  // Overshot the location.
      break;
    }
    last_chars1 = chars1;
    last_chars2 = chars2;
  }
  // Was the location was deleted?
  if (diffs.length != x && diffs[x][0] === DIFF_DELETE) {
    return last_chars2;
  }
  // Add the remaining character length.
  return last_chars2 + (loc - last_chars1);
};


/**
 * Convert a diff array into a pretty HTML report.
 * @param {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} diffs Array of diff tuples.
 * @return {string} HTML representation.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_prettyHtml = function(diffs) {
  var html = [];
  var i = 0;
  for (var x = 0; x < diffs.length; x++) {
    var op = diffs[x][0];    // Operation (insert, delete, equal)
    var data = diffs[x][1];  // Text of change.
    var text = data.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;')
        .replace(/>/g, '&gt;').replace(/\n/g, '&para;<BR>');
    switch (op) {
      case DIFF_INSERT:
        html[x] = '<INS STYLE="background:#E6FFE6;" TITLE="i=' + i + '">' +
                text + '</INS>';
        break;
      case DIFF_DELETE:
        html[x] = '<DEL STYLE="background:#FFE6E6;" TITLE="i=' + i + '">' +
                text + '</DEL>';
        break;
      case DIFF_EQUAL:
        html[x] = '<SPAN TITLE="i=' + i + '">' + text + '</SPAN>';
        break;
    }
    if (op !== DIFF_DELETE) {
      i += data.length;
    }
  }
  return html.join('');
};


/**
 * Compute and return the source text (all equalities and deletions).
 * @param {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} diffs Array of diff tuples.
 * @return {string} Source text.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_text1 = function(diffs) {
  var text = [];
  for (var x = 0; x < diffs.length; x++) {
    if (diffs[x][0] !== DIFF_INSERT) {
      text[x] = diffs[x][1];
    }
  }
  return text.join('');
};


/**
 * Compute and return the destination text (all equalities and insertions).
 * @param {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} diffs Array of diff tuples.
 * @return {string} Destination text.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_text2 = function(diffs) {
  var text = [];
  for (var x = 0; x < diffs.length; x++) {
    if (diffs[x][0] !== DIFF_DELETE) {
      text[x] = diffs[x][1];
    }
  }
  return text.join('');
};


/**
 * Compute the Levenshtein distance; the number of inserted, deleted or
 * substituted characters.
 * @param {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} diffs Array of diff tuples.
 * @return {number} Number of changes.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_levenshtein = function(diffs) {
  var levenshtein = 0;
  var insertions = 0;
  var deletions = 0;
  for (var x = 0; x < diffs.length; x++) {
    var op = diffs[x][0];
    var data = diffs[x][1];
    switch (op) {
      case DIFF_INSERT:
        insertions += data.length;
        break;
      case DIFF_DELETE:
        deletions += data.length;
        break;
      case DIFF_EQUAL:
        // A deletion and an insertion is one substitution.
        levenshtein += Math.max(insertions, deletions);
        insertions = 0;
        deletions = 0;
        break;
    }
  }
  levenshtein += Math.max(insertions, deletions);
  return levenshtein;
};


/**
 * 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.
 * @param {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} diffs Array of diff tuples.
 * @return {string} Delta text.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_toDelta = function(diffs) {
  var text = [];
  for (var x = 0; x < diffs.length; x++) {
    switch (diffs[x][0]) {
      case DIFF_INSERT:
        text[x] = '+' + encodeURI(diffs[x][1]);
        break;
      case DIFF_DELETE:
        text[x] = '-' + diffs[x][1].length;
        break;
      case DIFF_EQUAL:
        text[x] = '=' + diffs[x][1].length;
        break;
    }
  }
  // Opera doesn't know how to encode char 0.
  return text.join('\t').replace(/\x00/g, '%00').replace(/%20/g, ' ');
};


/**
 * Given the original text1, and an encoded string which describes the
 * operations required to transform text1 into text2, compute the full diff.
 * @param {string} text1 Source string for the diff.
 * @param {string} delta Delta text.
 * @return {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} Array of diff tuples.
 * @throws {Error} If invalid input.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.diff_fromDelta = function(text1, delta) {
  var diffs = [];
  var diffsLength = 0;  // Keeping our own length var is faster in JS.
  var pointer = 0;  // Cursor in text1
  // Opera doesn't know how to decode char 0.
  delta = delta.replace(/%00/g, '\0');
  var tokens = delta.split(/\t/g);
  for (var x = 0; x < tokens.length; x++) {
    // Each token begins with a one character parameter which specifies the
    // operation of this token (delete, insert, equality).
    var param = tokens[x].substring(1);
    switch (tokens[x].charAt(0)) {
      case '+':
        try {
          diffs[diffsLength++] = [DIFF_INSERT, decodeURI(param)];
        } catch (ex) {
          // Malformed URI sequence.
          throw new Error('Illegal escape in diff_fromDelta: ' + param);
        }
        break;
      case '-':
        // Fall through.
      case '=':
        var n = parseInt(param, 10);
        if (isNaN(n) || n < 0) {
          throw new Error('Invalid number in diff_fromDelta: ' + param);
        }
        var text = text1.substring(pointer, pointer += n);
        if (tokens[x].charAt(0) == '=') {
          diffs[diffsLength++] = [DIFF_EQUAL, text];
        } else {
          diffs[diffsLength++] = [DIFF_DELETE, text];
        }
        break;
      default:
        // Blank tokens are ok (from a trailing \t).
        // Anything else is an error.
        if (tokens[x]) {
          throw new Error('Invalid diff operation in diff_fromDelta: ' +
                          tokens[x]);
        }
    }
  }
  if (pointer != text1.length) {
    throw new Error('Delta length (' + pointer +
        ') does not equal source text length (' + text1.length + ').');
  }
  return diffs;
};


//  MATCH FUNCTIONS


/**
 * Locate the best instance of 'pattern' in 'text' near 'loc'.
 * @param {string} text The text to search.
 * @param {string} pattern The pattern to search for.
 * @param {number} loc The location to search around.
 * @return {number} Best match index or -1.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.match_main = function(text, pattern, loc) {
  loc = Math.max(0, Math.min(loc, text.length));
  if (text == pattern) {
    // Shortcut (potentially not guaranteed by the algorithm)
    return 0;
  } else if (!text.length) {
    // Nothing to match.
    return -1;
  } else if (text.substring(loc, loc + pattern.length) == pattern) {
    // Perfect match at the perfect spot!  (Includes case of null pattern)
    return loc;
  } else {
    // Do a fuzzy compare.
    return this.match_bitap(text, pattern, loc);
  }
};


/**
 * Locate the best instance of 'pattern' in 'text' near 'loc' using the
 * Bitap algorithm.
 * @param {string} text The text to search.
 * @param {string} pattern The pattern to search for.
 * @param {number} loc The location to search around.
 * @return {number} Best match index or -1.
 * @private
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.match_bitap = function(text, pattern, loc) {
  if (pattern.length > this.Match_MaxBits) {
    throw new Error('Pattern too long for this browser.');
  }

  // Initialise the alphabet.
  var s = this.match_alphabet(pattern);

  var dmp = this;  // 'this' becomes 'window' in a closure.

  /**
   * Compute and return the score for a match with e errors and x location.
   * Accesses loc and pattern through being a closure.
   * @param {number} e Number of errors in match.
   * @param {number} x Location of match.
   * @return {number} Overall score for match (0.0 = good, 1.0 = bad).
   * @private
   */
  function match_bitapScore(e, x) {
    var accuracy = e / pattern.length;
    var proximity = Math.abs(loc - x);
    if (!dmp.Match_Distance) {
      // Dodge divide by zero error.
      return proximity ? 1.0 : accuracy;
    }
    return accuracy + (proximity / dmp.Match_Distance);
  }

  // Highest score beyond which we give up.
  var score_threshold = this.Match_Threshold;
  // Is there a nearby exact match? (speedup)
  var best_loc = text.indexOf(pattern, loc);
  if (best_loc != -1) {
    score_threshold = Math.min(match_bitapScore(0, best_loc), score_threshold);
    // What about in the other direction? (speedup)
    best_loc = text.lastIndexOf(pattern, loc + pattern.length);
    if (best_loc != -1) {
      score_threshold =
          Math.min(match_bitapScore(0, best_loc), score_threshold);
    }
  }

  // Initialise the bit arrays.
  var matchmask = 1 << (pattern.length - 1);
  best_loc = -1;

  var bin_min, bin_mid;
  var bin_max = pattern.length + text.length;
  var last_rd;
  for (var d = 0; d < pattern.length; d++) {
    // 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 = Math.floor((bin_max - bin_min) / 2 + bin_min);
    }
    // Use the result from this iteration as the maximum for the next.
    bin_max = bin_mid;
    var start = Math.max(1, loc - bin_mid + 1);
    var finish = Math.min(loc + bin_mid, text.length) + pattern.length;

    var rd = Array(finish + 2);
    rd[finish + 1] = (1 << d) - 1;
    for (var j = finish; j >= start; j--) {
      // The alphabet (s) is a sparse hash, so the following line generates
      // warnings.
      var charMatch = s[text.charAt(j - 1)];
      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) {
        var 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 = Math.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;
};


/**
 * Initialise the alphabet for the Bitap algorithm.
 * @param {string} pattern The text to encode.
 * @return {Object} Hash of character locations.
 * @private
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.match_alphabet = function(pattern) {
  var s = {};
  for (var i = 0; i < pattern.length; i++) {
    s[pattern.charAt(i)] = 0;
  }
  for (var i = 0; i < pattern.length; i++) {
    s[pattern.charAt(i)] |= 1 << (pattern.length - i - 1);
  }
  return s;
};


//  PATCH FUNCTIONS


/**
 * Increase the context until it is unique,
 * but don't let the pattern expand beyond Match_MaxBits.
 * @param {patch_obj} patch The patch to grow.
 * @param {string} text Source text.
 * @private
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.patch_addContext = function(patch, text) {
  if (text.length == 0) {
    return;
  }
  var pattern = text.substring(patch.start2, patch.start2 + patch.length1);
  var padding = 0;

  // Look for the first and last matches of pattern in text.  If two different
  // matches are found, increase the pattern length.
  while (text.indexOf(pattern) != text.lastIndexOf(pattern) &&
         pattern.length < this.Match_MaxBits - this.Patch_Margin -
         this.Patch_Margin) {
    padding += this.Patch_Margin;
    pattern = text.substring(patch.start2 - padding,
                             patch.start2 + patch.length1 + padding);
  }
  // Add one chunk for good luck.
  padding += this.Patch_Margin;

  // Add the prefix.
  var prefix = text.substring(patch.start2 - padding, patch.start2);
  if (prefix) {
    patch.diffs.unshift([DIFF_EQUAL, prefix]);
  }
  // Add the suffix.
  var suffix = text.substring(patch.start2 + patch.length1,
                              patch.start2 + patch.length1 + padding);
  if (suffix) {
    patch.diffs.push([DIFF_EQUAL, suffix]);
  }

  // Roll back the start points.
  patch.start1 -= prefix.length;
  patch.start2 -= prefix.length;
  // Extend the lengths.
  patch.length1 += prefix.length + suffix.length;
  patch.length2 += prefix.length + suffix.length;
};


/**
 * 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
 *
 * @param {string|Array.<Array.<number|string>>} a text1 (methods 1,3,4) or
 * Array of diff tuples for text1 to text2 (method 2).
 * @param {string|Array.<Array.<number|string>>} opt_b text2 (methods 1,4) or
 * Array of diff tuples for text1 to text2 (method 3) or undefined (method 2).
 * @param {string|Array.<Array.<number|string>>} opt_c Array of diff tuples for
 * text1 to text2 (method 4) or undefined (methods 1,2,3).
 * @return {Array.<patch_obj>} Array of patch objects.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.patch_make = function(a, opt_b, opt_c) {
  var text1, diffs;
  if (typeof a == 'string' && typeof opt_b == 'string' &&
      typeof opt_c == 'undefined') {
    // Method 1: text1, text2
    // Compute diffs from text1 and text2.
    text1 = a;
    diffs = this.diff_main(text1, opt_b, true);
    if (diffs.length > 2) {
      this.diff_cleanupSemantic(diffs);
      this.diff_cleanupEfficiency(diffs);
    }
  } else if (typeof a == 'object' && typeof opt_b == 'undefined' &&
      typeof opt_c == 'undefined') {
    // Method 2: diffs
    // Compute text1 from diffs.
    diffs = a;
    text1 = this.diff_text1(diffs);
  } else if (typeof a == 'string' && typeof opt_b == 'object' &&
      typeof opt_c == 'undefined') {
    // Method 3: text1, diffs
    text1 = a;
    diffs = opt_b;
  } else if (typeof a == 'string' && typeof opt_b == 'string' &&
      typeof opt_c == 'object') {
    // Method 4: text1, text2, diffs
    // text2 is not used.
    text1 = a;
    diffs = opt_c;
  } else {
    throw new Error('Unknown call format to patch_make.');
  }

  if (diffs.length === 0) {
    return [];  // Get rid of the null case.
  }
  var patches = [];
  var patch = new patch_obj();
  var patchDiffLength = 0;  // Keeping our own length var is faster in JS.
  var char_count1 = 0;  // Number of characters into the text1 string.
  var char_count2 = 0;  // Number of characters into the text2 string.
  // Start with text1 (prepatch_text) and apply the diffs until we arrive at
  // text2 (postpatch_text).  We recreate the patches one by one to determine
  // context info.
  var prepatch_text = text1;
  var postpatch_text = text1;
  for (var x = 0; x < diffs.length; x++) {
    var diff_type = diffs[x][0];
    var diff_text = diffs[x][1];

    if (!patchDiffLength && diff_type !== DIFF_EQUAL) {
      // A new patch starts here.
      patch.start1 = char_count1;
      patch.start2 = char_count2;
    }

    switch (diff_type) {
      case DIFF_INSERT:
        patch.diffs[patchDiffLength++] = diffs[x];
        patch.length2 += diff_text.length;
        postpatch_text = postpatch_text.substring(0, char_count2) + diff_text +
                         postpatch_text.substring(char_count2);
        break;
      case DIFF_DELETE:
        patch.length1 += diff_text.length;
        patch.diffs[patchDiffLength++] = diffs[x];
        postpatch_text = postpatch_text.substring(0, char_count2) +
                         postpatch_text.substring(char_count2 +
                             diff_text.length);
        break;
      case DIFF_EQUAL:
        if (diff_text.length <= 2 * this.Patch_Margin &&
            patchDiffLength && diffs.length != x + 1) {
          // Small equality inside a patch.
          patch.diffs[patchDiffLength++] = diffs[x];
          patch.length1 += diff_text.length;
          patch.length2 += diff_text.length;
        } else if (diff_text.length >= 2 * this.Patch_Margin) {
          // Time for a new patch.
          if (patchDiffLength) {
            this.patch_addContext(patch, prepatch_text);
            patches.push(patch);
            patch = new patch_obj();
            patchDiffLength = 0;
            // 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;
          }
        }
        break;
    }

    // Update the current character count.
    if (diff_type !== DIFF_INSERT) {
      char_count1 += diff_text.length;
    }
    if (diff_type !== DIFF_DELETE) {
      char_count2 += diff_text.length;
    }
  }
  // Pick up the leftover patch if not empty.
  if (patchDiffLength) {
    this.patch_addContext(patch, prepatch_text);
    patches.push(patch);
  }

  return patches;
};


/**
 * Given an array of patches, return another array that is identical.
 * @param {Array.<patch_obj>} patches Array of patch objects.
 * @return {Array.<patch_obj>} Array of patch objects.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.patch_deepCopy = function(patches) {
  // Making deep copies is hard in JavaScript.
  var patchesCopy = [];
  for (var x = 0; x < patches.length; x++) {
    var patch = patches[x];
    var patchCopy = new patch_obj();
    patchCopy.diffs = [];
    for (var y = 0; y < patch.diffs.length; y++) {
      patchCopy.diffs[y] = patch.diffs[y].slice();
    }
    patchCopy.start1 = patch.start1;
    patchCopy.start2 = patch.start2;
    patchCopy.length1 = patch.length1;
    patchCopy.length2 = patch.length2;
    patchesCopy[x] = patchCopy;
  }
  return patchesCopy;
};


/**
 * 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.
 * @param {Array.<patch_obj>} patches Array of patch objects.
 * @param {string} text Old text.
 * @return {Array.<string|Array.<boolean>>} Two element Array, containing the
 *      new text and an array of boolean values.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.patch_apply = function(patches, text) {
  if (patches.length == 0) {
    return [text, []];
  }

  // Deep copy the patches so that no changes are made to originals.
  patches = this.patch_deepCopy(patches);

  var nullPadding = this.patch_addPadding(patches);
  text = nullPadding + text + nullPadding;

  this.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.
  var delta = 0;
  var results = [];
  for (var x = 0; x < patches.length; x++) {
    var expected_loc = patches[x].start2 + delta;
    var text1 = this.diff_text1(patches[x].diffs);
    var start_loc;
    var end_loc = -1;
    if (text1.length > this.Match_MaxBits) {
      // patch_splitMax will only provide an oversized pattern in the case of
      // a monster delete.
      start_loc = this.match_main(text, text1.substring(0, this.Match_MaxBits),
                                  expected_loc);
      if (start_loc != -1) {
        end_loc = this.match_main(text,
            text1.substring(text1.length - this.Match_MaxBits),
            expected_loc + text1.length - this.Match_MaxBits);
        if (end_loc == -1 || start_loc >= end_loc) {
          // Can't find valid trailing context.  Drop this patch.
          start_loc = -1;
        }
      }
    } else {
      start_loc = this.match_main(text, text1, expected_loc);
    }
    if (start_loc == -1) {
      // No match found.  :(
      results[x] = false;
      // Subtract the delta for this failed patch from subsequent patches.
      delta -= patches[x].length2 - patches[x].length1;
    } else {
      // Found a match.  :)
      results[x] = true;
      delta = start_loc - expected_loc;
      var text2;
      if (end_loc == -1) {
        text2 = text.substring(start_loc, start_loc + text1.length);
      } else {
        text2 = text.substring(start_loc, end_loc + this.Match_MaxBits);
      }
      if (text1 == text2) {
        // Perfect match, just shove the replacement text in.
        text = text.substring(0, start_loc) +
               this.diff_text2(patches[x].diffs) +
               text.substring(start_loc + text1.length);
      } else {
        // Imperfect match.  Run a diff to get a framework of equivalent
        // indices.
        var diffs = this.diff_main(text1, text2, false);
        if (text1.length > this.Match_MaxBits &&
            this.diff_levenshtein(diffs) / text1.length >
            this.Patch_DeleteThreshold) {
          // The end points match, but the content is unacceptably bad.
          results[x] = false;
        } else {
          this.diff_cleanupSemanticLossless(diffs);
          var index1 = 0;
          var index2;
          for (var y = 0; y < patches[x].diffs.length; y++) {
            var mod = patches[x].diffs[y];
            if (mod[0] !== DIFF_EQUAL) {
              index2 = this.diff_xIndex(diffs, index1);
            }
            if (mod[0] === DIFF_INSERT) {  // Insertion
              text = text.substring(0, start_loc + index2) + mod[1] +
                     text.substring(start_loc + index2);
            } else if (mod[0] === DIFF_DELETE) {  // Deletion
              text = text.substring(0, start_loc + index2) +
                     text.substring(start_loc + this.diff_xIndex(diffs,
                         index1 + mod[1].length));
            }
            if (mod[0] !== DIFF_DELETE) {
              index1 += mod[1].length;
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  // Strip the padding off.
  text = text.substring(nullPadding.length, text.length - nullPadding.length);
  return [text, results];
};

/**
 * 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.
 * @param {Array.<patch_obj>} patches Array of patch objects.
 * @param {string} text Old text.
 * @return {Array.<string|Array.<boolean>>} Two element Array, containing the
 *      new text and an array of boolean values.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.patch_apply_reverse = function(patches, text) {
  if (patches.length == 0) {
    return [text, []];
  }

  // Deep copy the patches so that no changes are made to originals.
  patches = this.patch_deepCopy(patches);

  var nullPadding = this.patch_addPadding(patches);
  text = nullPadding + text + nullPadding;

  this.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.
  var delta = 0;
  var results = [];
  for (var x = 0; x < patches.length; x++) {
    var expected_loc = patches[x].start2 + delta;
    var text1 = this.diff_text1(patches[x].diffs);
    var start_loc;
    var end_loc = -1;
    if (text1.length > this.Match_MaxBits) {
      // patch_splitMax will only provide an oversized pattern in the case of
      // a monster delete.
      start_loc = this.match_main(text, text1.substring(0, this.Match_MaxBits),
                                  expected_loc);
      if (start_loc != -1) {
        end_loc = this.match_main(text,
            text1.substring(text1.length - this.Match_MaxBits),
            expected_loc + text1.length - this.Match_MaxBits);
        if (end_loc == -1 || start_loc >= end_loc) {
          // Can't find valid trailing context.  Drop this patch.
          start_loc = -1;
        }
      }
    } else {
      start_loc = this.match_main(text, text1, expected_loc);
    }
    if (start_loc == -1) {
      // No match found.  :(
      results[x] = false;
      // Subtract the delta for this failed patch from subsequent patches.
      delta -= patches[x].length2 - patches[x].length1;
    } else {
      // Found a match.  :)
      results[x] = true;
      delta = start_loc - expected_loc;
      var text2;
      if (end_loc == -1) {
        text2 = text.substring(start_loc, start_loc + text1.length);
      } else {
        text2 = text.substring(start_loc, end_loc + this.Match_MaxBits);
      }
      if (text1 == text2) {
        // Perfect match, just shove the replacement text in.
        text = text.substring(0, start_loc) +
               this.diff_text2(patches[x].diffs) +
               text.substring(start_loc + text1.length);
      } else {
        // Imperfect match.  Run a diff to get a framework of equivalent
        // indices.
        var diffs = this.diff_main(text1, text2, false);
        if (text1.length > this.Match_MaxBits &&
            this.diff_levenshtein(diffs) / text1.length >
            this.Patch_DeleteThreshold) {
          // The end points match, but the content is unacceptably bad.
          results[x] = false;
        } else {
          this.diff_cleanupSemanticLossless(diffs);
          var index1 = 0;
          var index2;
          for (var y = 0; y < patches[x].diffs.length; y++) {
            var mod = patches[x].diffs[y];
            if (mod[0] !== DIFF_EQUAL) {
              index2 = this.diff_xIndex(diffs, index1);
            }
            if (mod[0] === DIFF_DELETE) {  // Insertion
              text = text.substring(0, start_loc + index2) + mod[1] +
                     text.substring(start_loc + index2);
            } else if (mod[0] === DIFF_INSERT) {  // Deletion
              text = text.substring(0, start_loc + index2) +
                     text.substring(start_loc + this.diff_xIndex(diffs,
                         index1 + mod[1].length));
            }
            if (mod[0] !== DIFF_INSERT) {
              index1 += mod[1].length;
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  // Strip the padding off.
  text = text.substring(nullPadding.length, text.length - nullPadding.length);
  return [text, results];
};


/**
 * Add some padding on text start and end so that edges can match something.
 * Intended to be called only from within patch_apply.
 * @param {Array.<patch_obj>} patches Array of patch objects.
 * @return {string} The padding string added to each side.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.patch_addPadding = function(patches) {
  var paddingLength = this.Patch_Margin;
  var nullPadding = '';
  for (var x = 1; x <= paddingLength; x++) {
    nullPadding += String.fromCharCode(x);
  }

  // Bump all the patches forward.
  for (var x = 0; x < patches.length; x++) {
    patches[x].start1 += paddingLength;
    patches[x].start2 += paddingLength;
  }

  // Add some padding on start of first diff.
  var patch = patches[0];
  var diffs = patch.diffs;
  if (diffs.length == 0 || diffs[0][0] != DIFF_EQUAL) {
    // Add nullPadding equality.
    diffs.unshift([DIFF_EQUAL, nullPadding]);
    patch.start1 -= paddingLength;  // Should be 0.
    patch.start2 -= paddingLength;  // Should be 0.
    patch.length1 += paddingLength;
    patch.length2 += paddingLength;
  } else if (paddingLength > diffs[0][1].length) {
    // Grow first equality.
    var extraLength = paddingLength - diffs[0][1].length;
    diffs[0][1] = nullPadding.substring(diffs[0][1].length) + diffs[0][1];
    patch.start1 -= extraLength;
    patch.start2 -= extraLength;
    patch.length1 += extraLength;
    patch.length2 += extraLength;
  }

  // Add some padding on end of last diff.
  patch = patches[patches.length - 1];
  diffs = patch.diffs;
  if (diffs.length == 0 || diffs[diffs.length - 1][0] != DIFF_EQUAL) {
    // Add nullPadding equality.
    diffs.push([DIFF_EQUAL, nullPadding]);
    patch.length1 += paddingLength;
    patch.length2 += paddingLength;
  } else if (paddingLength > diffs[diffs.length - 1][1].length) {
    // Grow last equality.
    var extraLength = paddingLength - diffs[diffs.length - 1][1].length;
    diffs[diffs.length - 1][1] += nullPadding.substring(0, extraLength);
    patch.length1 += extraLength;
    patch.length2 += extraLength;
  }

  return nullPadding;
};


/**
 * Look through the patches and break up any which are longer than the maximum
 * limit of the match algorithm.
 * @param {Array.<patch_obj>} patches Array of patch objects.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.patch_splitMax = function(patches) {
  for (var x = 0; x < patches.length; x++) {
    if (patches[x].length1 > this.Match_MaxBits) {
      var bigpatch = patches[x];
      // Remove the big old patch.
      patches.splice(x--, 1);
      var patch_size = this.Match_MaxBits;
      var start1 = bigpatch.start1;
      var start2 = bigpatch.start2;
      var precontext = '';
      while (bigpatch.diffs.length !== 0) {
        // Create one of several smaller patches.
        var patch = new patch_obj();
        var empty = true;
        patch.start1 = start1 - precontext.length;
        patch.start2 = start2 - precontext.length;
        if (precontext !== '') {
          patch.length1 = patch.length2 = precontext.length;
          patch.diffs.push([DIFF_EQUAL, precontext]);
        }
        while (bigpatch.diffs.length !== 0 &&
               patch.length1 < patch_size - this.Patch_Margin) {
          var diff_type = bigpatch.diffs[0][0];
          var diff_text = bigpatch.diffs[0][1];
          if (diff_type === DIFF_INSERT) {
            // Insertions are harmless.
            patch.length2 += diff_text.length;
            start2 += diff_text.length;
            patch.diffs.push(bigpatch.diffs.shift());
            empty = false;
          } else if (diff_type === DIFF_DELETE && patch.diffs.length == 1 &&
                     patch.diffs[0][0] == DIFF_EQUAL &&
                     diff_text.length > 2 * patch_size) {
            // This is a large deletion.  Let it pass in one chunk.
            patch.length1 += diff_text.length;
            start1 += diff_text.length;
            empty = false;
            patch.diffs.push([diff_type, diff_text]);
            bigpatch.diffs.shift();
          } else {
            // Deletion or equality.  Only take as much as we can stomach.
            diff_text = diff_text.substring(0, patch_size - patch.length1 -
                                               this.Patch_Margin);
            patch.length1 += diff_text.length;
            start1 += diff_text.length;
            if (diff_type === DIFF_EQUAL) {
              patch.length2 += diff_text.length;
              start2 += diff_text.length;
            } else {
              empty = false;
            }
            patch.diffs.push([diff_type, diff_text]);
            if (diff_text == bigpatch.diffs[0][1]) {
              bigpatch.diffs.shift();
            } else {
              bigpatch.diffs[0][1] =
                  bigpatch.diffs[0][1].substring(diff_text.length);
            }
          }
        }
        // Compute the head context for the next patch.
        precontext = this.diff_text2(patch.diffs);
        precontext =
            precontext.substring(precontext.length - this.Patch_Margin);
        // Append the end context for this patch.
        var postcontext = this.diff_text1(bigpatch.diffs)
                              .substring(0, this.Patch_Margin);
        if (postcontext !== '') {
          patch.length1 += postcontext.length;
          patch.length2 += postcontext.length;
          if (patch.diffs.length !== 0 &&
              patch.diffs[patch.diffs.length - 1][0] === DIFF_EQUAL) {
            patch.diffs[patch.diffs.length - 1][1] += postcontext;
          } else {
            patch.diffs.push([DIFF_EQUAL, postcontext]);
          }
        }
        if (!empty) {
          patches.splice(++x, 0, patch);
        }
      }
    }
  }
};


/**
 * Take a list of patches and return a textual representation.
 * @param {Array.<patch_obj>} patches Array of patch objects.
 * @return {string} Text representation of patches.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.patch_toText = function(patches) {
  var text = [];
  for (var x = 0; x < patches.length; x++) {
    text[x] = patches[x];
  }
  return text.join('');
};


/**
 * Parse a textual representation of patches and return a list of patch objects.
 * @param {string} textline Text representation of patches.
 * @return {Array.<patch_obj>} Array of patch objects.
 * @throws {Error} If invalid input.
 */
diff_match_patch.prototype.patch_fromText = function(textline) {
  var patches = [];
  if (!textline) {
    return patches;
  }
  // Opera doesn't know how to decode char 0.
  textline = textline.replace(/%00/g, '\0');
  var text = textline.split('\n');
  var textPointer = 0;
  while (textPointer < text.length) {
    var m = text[textPointer].match(/^@@ -(\d+),?(\d*) \+(\d+),?(\d*) @@$/);
    if (!m) {
      throw new Error('Invalid patch string: ' + text[textPointer]);
    }
    var patch = new patch_obj();
    patches.push(patch);
    patch.start1 = parseInt(m[1], 10);
    if (m[2] === '') {
      patch.start1--;
      patch.length1 = 1;
    } else if (m[2] == '0') {
      patch.length1 = 0;
    } else {
      patch.start1--;
      patch.length1 = parseInt(m[2], 10);
    }

    patch.start2 = parseInt(m[3], 10);
    if (m[4] === '') {
      patch.start2--;
      patch.length2 = 1;
    } else if (m[4] == '0') {
      patch.length2 = 0;
    } else {
      patch.start2--;
      patch.length2 = parseInt(m[4], 10);
    }
    textPointer++;

    while (textPointer < text.length) {
      var sign = text[textPointer].charAt(0);
      try {
        var line = decodeURI(text[textPointer].substring(1));
      } catch (ex) {
        // Malformed URI sequence.
        throw new Error('Illegal escape in patch_fromText: ' + line);
      }
      if (sign == '-') {
        // Deletion.
        patch.diffs.push([DIFF_DELETE, line]);
      } else if (sign == '+') {
        // Insertion.
        patch.diffs.push([DIFF_INSERT, line]);
      } else if (sign == ' ') {
        // Minor equality.
        patch.diffs.push([DIFF_EQUAL, line]);
      } else if (sign == '@') {
        // Start of next patch.
        break;
      } else if (sign === '') {
        // Blank line?  Whatever.
      } else {
        // WTF?
        throw new Error('Invalid patch mode "' + sign + '" in: ' + line);
      }
      textPointer++;
    }
  }
  return patches;
};


/**
 * Class representing one patch operation.
 * @constructor
 */
function patch_obj() {
  /** @type {Array.<Array.<number|string>>} */
  this.diffs = [];
  /** @type {number?} */
  this.start1 = null;
  /** @type {number?} */
  this.start2 = null;
  /** @type {number} */
  this.length1 = 0;
  /** @type {number} */
  this.length2 = 0;
}


/**
 * Emmulate GNU diff's format.
 * Header: @@ -382,8 +481,9 @@
 * Indicies are printed as 1-based, not 0-based.
 * @return {string} The GNU diff string.
 */
patch_obj.prototype.toString = function() {
  var coords1, coords2;
  if (this.length1 === 0) {
    coords1 = this.start1 + ',0';
  } else if (this.length1 == 1) {
    coords1 = this.start1 + 1;
  } else {
    coords1 = (this.start1 + 1) + ',' + this.length1;
  }
  if (this.length2 === 0) {
    coords2 = this.start2 + ',0';
  } else if (this.length2 == 1) {
    coords2 = this.start2 + 1;
  } else {
    coords2 = (this.start2 + 1) + ',' + this.length2;
  }
  var text = ['@@ -' + coords1 + ' +' + coords2 + ' @@\n'];
  var op;
  // Escape the body of the patch with %xx notation.
  for (var x = 0; x < this.diffs.length; x++) {
    switch (this.diffs[x][0]) {
      case DIFF_INSERT:
        op = '+';
        break;
      case DIFF_DELETE:
        op = '-';
        break;
      case DIFF_EQUAL:
        op = ' ';
        break;
    }
    text[x + 1] = op + encodeURI(this.diffs[x][1]) + '\n';
  }
  // Opera doesn't know how to encode char 0.
  return text.join('').replace(/\x00/g, '%00').replace(/%20/g, ' ');
};


// Export these global variables so that they survive Google's JS compiler.
window['diff_match_patch'] = diff_match_patch;
window['patch_obj'] = patch_obj;
window['DIFF_DELETE'] = DIFF_DELETE;
window['DIFF_INSERT'] = DIFF_INSERT;
window['DIFF_EQUAL'] = DIFF_EQUAL;