lineoffset slower than "repeat for each line j" ?

[jbv]

Richard,

> I don't understand why lineoffset is slower, however, and have submitted
> a request to have it reviewed for potential optimization:
> <http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=6504>

I'm wondering if lineoffset could get slower when the wholematches are set to false...
I might be wrong, but it might be a more complex task to identify portions of lines
than whole lines...

JB