[file comarision] Wrong summaries of errors

[angel]

The total number of errors is wrong
Two text ANSI files

1.file1.txt:
rpcport=6332
port=6333

2.file2.txt:
rpcport=26332
port=36333

After comparison of these two files, the total result in the status bar is wrong:
=>1 differences found
but must be
=>2 differences found

Possible reason for the problem- the new line. If set some equal text (or new empty line) between 1 and 2 line of the two files, the result will be correct!

[Dalai]

This is no bug. TC's Compare by Contents counts multiple adjacent/consecutive lines as a single difference, no matter how many lines there are in that block (could be hundreds or even thousands). For example: Make a text file like this:

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foobar
foobar
foobar
foobar
foobar
foobar

Now create a copy of that file and use some search&replace feature in your editor to replace "foo" with "foo ", i.e. append a space. Now compare these two files in TC and it will be one difference. Similar thing happens when the text is different at several locations within one line, it still counts as a single difference.

Regards
Dalai