mismerge

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To merge incorrectly.

   • This merge criterion guarantees that regions whose properties have been drastically altered by previous merges are not mismerged on the basis of their original properties .
   • Fig. 7.10 An irregular-shaped region with a "bottle-neck"; two regions R1 and R2 are mismerged into one elementary region.
   • Thus, they have been known to mismerge files when the consumers' names are similar and they share seven of nine digits in their SSN.
2. 2

   The act or process of mismerging.

   • Until that identifying segment is corrected or suppressed, or unless the CRA manually edits the file, the mismerge will continue and likely become worse.
   • Sometimes, mismerges occur due to unimportant matching lines (for example, braces from distinct functions).

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