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> Doesn't this allow the sender to send updates without knowledge of the existing values, though? This system requires knowledge of existing values/nodes to cr
by nacs 12y ago
> Doesn't this allow the sender to send updates without knowledge of the existing values, though?
This system requires knowledge of existing values/nodes to create the diff/patch document.
However for JSON data, it does have the advantage of not clobbering data unlike a string diff as you mentioned.
- azinman2 12y agoYou can know keys/paths but nothing else. Or you might have user-specific parts that won't be concurrently modified, but the base JSON doc might be modified by others. You'd have to have the latest version to do a text-based patch. A text-based diff doesn't really gain much for what it loses in use cases.
- function_seven 12y agoI don't see why you need to know values. The operations don't require the sender to supply them.