On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:04:59AM -0500, Barrie Slaymaker wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 01:44:50AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I'm not sure I understand the logic of the patch below. Why is it comparing > > the size of the file? > > To prevent being fooled by a timestamp that has been reset somehow; > comparing both file size and mtime is just being a bit more conservative.
The above is true, and beneficial, but your post mentioned something about compare() being run less often and less screen clutter. This would seem to mean compare is run *more* often since the loop is skipped less often.
