ARTIE Common Library for Artie Distance Calculation

Description

This Rust library provides functionality to calculate the "Artie distance," a measure of dissimilarity between two hierarchical structures, such as those represented by workspaces in programming environments. The Artie distance encompasses several metrics: family, block, position, and input distances, each measuring different aspects of difference.

Features

• Family Distance: Counts the unique families present in one workspace but absent in the other.
• Block Distance: Measures the number of uniquely named blocks that do not match between workspaces.
• Position Distance: Aggregates positional differences for blocks with the same name but located in different places within the two workspaces.
• Input Distance: For common blocks, this metric calculates the absolute difference in numerical fields and counts mismatches in non-numerical fields.

Installation

Include the following in your Cargo.toml file to use this library:

[dependencies]
artie_common = "0.3.0"