Rename levenshteinMatrix to costMatrix. Better argument names for costMatrix, editPat...

diff --git a/string-lerp.js b/string-lerp.js
index df0d2562f29dfad40b8b29671470d40411824605..cff0bf78a17afcd3dd7df3419564480dbb9a7309 100644 (file)
--- a/string-lerp.js
+++ b/string-lerp.js
@@ -14,15 +14,28 @@
 
     var MAX_MATRIX_SIZE = 256 * 256;
 
-    function levenshteinMatrix(s, t, ins, del, sub) {
-        /** Calculate the Levenshtein edit distance matrix for two strings
+    function costMatrix(source, target, ins, del, sub) {
+        /** Calculate the Levenshtein cost matrix for source and target
+
+            If source and target are strings, they cannot contain any
+            astral or combining codepoints. Such data must be passed
+            as arrays of strings with one element per glyph.
+
+            ins, del, and sub are the costs for insertion, deletion,
+            and substition respectively. Their default value is 1. If
+            only ins is passed, del and sub are set to the same cost.
+            If ins and del are passed, sub is set to the more
+            expensive of the two.
 
             The matrix is returned as a flat typed array.
-            
+
             Following http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance
         */
-        var m = s.length + 1;
-        var n = t.length + 1;
+        ins = ins === undefined ? 1 : (ins | 0);
+        del = (del | 0) || ins;
+        sub = (sub | 0) || Math.max(ins, del);
+        var m = source.length + 1;
+        var n = target.length + 1;
         var d = new Uint32Array(m * n);
         var i, j;
         for (i = 1; i < m; ++i)
@@ -31,7 +44,7 @@
             d[j] = j;
         for (j = 1; j < n; ++j)
             for (i = 1; i < m; ++i)
-                if (s[i - 1] === t[j - 1])
+                if (source[i - 1] === target[j - 1])
                     d[n * i + j] = d[n * (i - 1) + j - 1];
                 else
                     d[n * i + j] = Math.min(del + d[n * (i - 1) + j    ],
@@ -40,22 +53,22 @@
         return d;
     }
 
-    function editPath(d, t) {
-        /** Given a Levenshtein matrix and target, create an edit list */
+    function editPath(costs, target) {
+        /** Given a cost matrix and a target, create an edit list */
         var path = [];
-        var j = t.length;
+        var j = target.length;
         var n = j + 1;
-        var i = d.length / n - 1;
+        var i = costs.length / n - 1;
         while (i || j) {
-            var sub = (i && j) ? d[n * (i - 1) + j - 1] : Infinity;
-            var del = i ? d[n * (i - 1) + j] : Infinity;
-            var ins = j ? d[n * i + j - 1] : Infinity;
+            var sub = (i && j) ? costs[n * (i - 1) + j - 1] : Infinity;
+            var del = i ? costs[n * (i - 1) + j] : Infinity;
+            var ins = j ? costs[n * i + j - 1] : Infinity;
             if (sub <= ins && sub <= del) {
-                if (d[n * i + j] !== d[n * (i - 1) + j - 1])
-                    path.push(["sub", i - 1, t[j - 1]]);
+                if (costs[n * i + j] !== costs[n * (i - 1) + j - 1])
+                    path.push(["sub", i - 1, target[j - 1]]);
                 --i; --j;
             } else if (ins <= del) {
-                path.push(["ins", i, t[j - 1]]);
+                path.push(["ins", i, target[j - 1]]);
                 --j;
             } else {
                 path.push(["del", i - 1]);
@@ -65,9 +78,12 @@
         return path;
     }
 
-    function diff(s, t) {
-        /** Create a diff between string s and t */
-        return editPath(levenshteinMatrix(s, t, 2, 2, 3), t);
+    function diff(source, target, ins, del, sub) {
+        /** Create a diff between string source and target
+
+            ins, del, and sub are as passed to levenshtein
+         */
+        return editPath(costMatrix(source, target, ins, del, sub), target);
     }
 
     function patch(edits, s) {
@@ -140,7 +156,7 @@
         // that's how Levenshtein edits work. To match LTR reading
         // direction (and the behavior of fastLerp), swap the strings
         // and invert the parameter when editing.
-        var edits = diff(b, a);
+        var edits = diff(b, a, 2, 2, 3);
         var partial = edits.slice(0, Math.round((1 - p) * edits.length));
         return patch(partial, b);
     }
@@ -245,7 +261,7 @@
         return ((n && n < MAX_MATRIX_SIZE) ? diffLerp : fastLerp)(a, b, p);
     }
 
-    exports.levenshteinMatrix = levenshteinMatrix;
+    exports.costMatrix = costMatrix;
     exports.patch = patch;
     exports.diff = diff;
     exports.fastLerp = fastLerp;