gpsd/devtools/regressdiff

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Walk through a pair of textfiles looking for where they begin to differ.
# May be useful for comparing logs when regression tests break.
#
# This file is Copyright (c) 2010-2019 by the GPSD project
# BSD terms apply: see the file COPYING in the distribution root for details.
#
# This code runs compatibly under Python 2 and 3.x for x >= 2.
# Preserve this property!
from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, division

import sys


class BufferedFile(object):
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.file = open(name)
        self.linebuffer = []
        self.lineno = 0

    def readline(self):
        self.lineno += 1
        if self.linebuffer:
            return self.linebuffer.pop()
        else:
            return self.file.readline()

    def pushback(self, line):
        self.lineno -= 1
        self.linebuffer.append(line)

    def peek(self):
        return self.linebuffer[-1]


def eatspan(f1, f2):
    consumed = 0
    while True:
        line1 = f1.readline()
        line2 = f2.readline()
        if line1 and line2 and line1 == line2:
            consumed += 1
            continue
        f1.pushback(line1)
        f2.pushback(line2)
        return consumed


if __name__ == "__main__":
    f1 = BufferedFile(sys.argv[1])
    f2 = BufferedFile(sys.argv[2])

    eaten = eatspan(f1, f2)
    print("First %d lines match" % eaten)
    print(f1.peek())
    print(f2.peek())