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I've put my understanding in a table below.
| Effect | Null edit | Purge | Purge w/ forcelinkupdate | Purge w/ forcerecursivelinkupdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear page's server cache | {icon check, color=green} | {icon check, color=green} | {icon check, color=green} | {icon check, color=green} |
| Rebuild the page | {icon check, color=green} | {icon check, color=green} | {icon check, color=green} | {icon check, color=green} |
| Update links tables | {icon check, color=green} | {icon check, color=green} | {icon check, color=green} | |
| Update links tables for pages that transclude the page | {icon check, color=green} | |||
Refs: en:Wikipedia:Purge, mw:Manual:Purge, and mw:API:Purge
Based on that, a null edit is the equivalent of a purge with forcelinkupdate. A purge with forcerecursivelinkupdate is equivalent to what a null edit did before circa July 2013.
Note: forcerecursivelinkupdate appears to be expensive.
For reference, en:User:Joe's Null Bot uses purge with forcelinkupdate.
Perhaps @Tgr or @Anomie could verify that my understanding is correct or point out other differences.
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