1 /* Functions to make fuzzy comparisons between strings
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19 Derived from GNU diff 2.7, analyze.c et al.
21 The basic idea is to consider two vectors as similar if, when
22 transforming the first vector into the second vector through a
23 sequence of edits (inserts and deletes of one element each),
24 this sequence is short - or equivalently, if the ordered list
25 of elements that are untouched by these edits is long. For a
26 good introduction to the subject, read about the "Levenshtein
27 distance" in Wikipedia.
29 The basic algorithm is described in:
30 "An O(ND) Difference Algorithm and its Variations", Eugene Myers,
31 Algorithmica Vol. 1 No. 2, 1986, pp. 251-266;
32 see especially section 4.2, which describes the variation used below.
34 The basic algorithm was independently discovered as described in:
35 "Algorithms for Approximate String Matching", E. Ukkonen,
36 Information and Control Vol. 64, 1985, pp. 100-118.
38 Unless the 'find_minimal' flag is set, this code uses the TOO_EXPENSIVE
39 heuristic, by Paul Eggert, to limit the cost to O(N**1.5 log N)
40 at the price of producing suboptimal output for large inputs with
54 #include "glthread/lock.h"
55 #include "glthread/tls.h"
60 # define uintptr_t unsigned long
65 #define EQUAL(x,y) ((x) == (y))
67 #define EXTRA_CONTEXT_FIELDS \
68 /* The number of elements inserted or deleted. */ \
69 int xvec_edit_count; \
71 #define NOTE_DELETE(ctxt, xoff) ctxt->xvec_edit_count++
72 #define NOTE_INSERT(ctxt, yoff) ctxt->yvec_edit_count++
73 /* We don't need USE_HEURISTIC, since it is unlikely in typical uses of
78 /* Because fstrcmp is typically called multiple times, attempt to minimize
79 the number of memory allocations performed. Thus, let a call reuse the
80 memory already allocated by the previous call, if it is sufficient.
81 To make it multithread-safe, without need for a lock that protects the
82 already allocated memory, store the allocated memory per thread. Free
83 it only when the thread exits. */
85 static gl_tls_key_t buffer_key; /* TLS key for a 'int *' */
86 static gl_tls_key_t bufmax_key; /* TLS key for a 'size_t' */
91 gl_tls_key_init (buffer_key, free);
92 gl_tls_key_init (bufmax_key, NULL);
93 /* The per-thread initial values are NULL and 0, respectively. */
96 /* Ensure that keys_init is called once only. */
97 gl_once_define(static, keys_init_once)
101 fstrcmp - fuzzy string compare
104 double fstrcmp(const char *, const char *);
107 The fstrcmp function may be used to compare two string for
108 similarity. It is very useful in reducing "cascade" or
109 "secondary" errors in compilers or other situations where
113 double; 0 if the strings are entirly dissimilar, 1 if the
114 strings are identical, and a number in between if they are
118 fstrcmp (const char *string1, const char *string2)
129 /* set the info for each string. */
131 xvec_length = strlen (string1);
133 yvec_length = strlen (string2);
135 /* short-circuit obvious comparisons */
136 if (xvec_length == 0 && yvec_length == 0)
138 if (xvec_length == 0 || yvec_length == 0)
141 /* Set TOO_EXPENSIVE to be approximate square root of input size,
142 bounded below by 256. */
143 ctxt.too_expensive = 1;
144 for (i = xvec_length + yvec_length;
147 ctxt.too_expensive <<= 1;
148 if (ctxt.too_expensive < 256)
149 ctxt.too_expensive = 256;
151 /* Allocate memory for fdiag and bdiag from a thread-local pool. */
152 fdiag_len = xvec_length + yvec_length + 3;
153 gl_once (keys_init_once, keys_init);
154 buffer = (int *) gl_tls_get (buffer_key);
155 bufmax = (size_t) (uintptr_t) gl_tls_get (bufmax_key);
156 if (fdiag_len > bufmax)
158 /* Need more memory. */
160 if (fdiag_len > bufmax)
162 /* Calling xrealloc would be a waste: buffer's contents does not need
166 buffer = (int *) xnmalloc (bufmax, 2 * sizeof (int));
167 gl_tls_set (buffer_key, buffer);
168 gl_tls_set (bufmax_key, (void *) (uintptr_t) bufmax);
170 ctxt.fdiag = buffer + yvec_length + 1;
171 ctxt.bdiag = ctxt.fdiag + fdiag_len;
173 /* Now do the main comparison algorithm */
174 ctxt.xvec_edit_count = 0;
175 ctxt.yvec_edit_count = 0;
176 compareseq (0, xvec_length, 0, yvec_length, 0,
180 ((number of chars in common) / (average length of the strings)).
181 This is admittedly biased towards finding that the strings are
182 similar, however it does produce meaningful results. */
183 return ((double) (xvec_length + yvec_length
184 - ctxt.yvec_edit_count - ctxt.xvec_edit_count)
185 / (xvec_length + yvec_length));