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No big deal, but if you add one char to a question, the edit history says it's adding 5.

Thought you should know.

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  • So, would this be status-norepro, because adding one character really does add one character, or status-bydesign, because the system is designed to include the whitespace in the character count? Going no-repro for now. Oct 12, 2009 at 16:23

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I think the reason for the discrepancy in the characters is that carriage return and line feed are counted separately so two carriage returns = 4 chars, plus the char you thought you added = 5.

Carriage return + Line feed + Carriage return + Line feed + character

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  • Less discrepancy and more enthusiasm. Once more, with hidden characters.
    – random
    Oct 12, 2009 at 12:56
  • Maybe discrepancy needed some clarification in that there was a discrepancy between our understanding of the character count and what was actually being counted. Oct 12, 2009 at 13:40
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Let's take your most recent edit as an example here...

Original:

Are there any best practices surrounding this practice? I'd be interested to hear others' thoughts on the subject.

Revised:

Are there any best practices surrounding this practice? I'd be interested to hear others' thoughts on the subject.

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You're not counting the newlines added, which the diff (apparently) is, in the character count.

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  • That's the one, @benalabaster & I are trying to figure out how other public wiki type sites manage concurrency. Oct 12, 2009 at 12:53
  • Who says they do?
    – alex
    Oct 12, 2009 at 13:15
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    @alex - Well "Last in wins" is a way of managing concurrency. Oct 12, 2009 at 13:38

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