Function distance

packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts:430–448

(first: string, second: string)

// suggestions. Exported only so it can be unit-tested directly; the CLI uses it
// through the private `WebpackCLI.#distance`.
export function distance(first: string, second: string): number {
  let a = first;
  let b = second;

  if (a.length < b.length) {
    const tmp = b;

    b = a;
    a = tmp;
  }

  if (b.length === 0) {
    return a.length;
  }

  levenshteinPeq ??= new Uint32Array(0x10000);

  return a.length <= 32 ? myers32(a, b, levenshteinPeq) : myersX(a, b, levenshteinPeq);
}

class ConfigurationLoadingError extends Error {
  name = "ConfigurationLoadingError";