diff --git a/diff.js b/diff.js
index d7a8ca4..027a40d 100644
--- a/diff.js
+++ b/diff.js
@@ -100,74 +100,81 @@ var _diff_item_order = function(diff, A, B, options, filter){
 }
 
 
-// get common chuncs...
-// XXX add chunk offsets to results...
-var getCommonSections = 
-function(A, B, a, b, min_chunk, cmp, index){
-	a = a || 0
-	b = b || 0
-	min_chunk = min_chunk || 2
+// get common chuncs (LCS)...
+var getCommonSections = function(A, B, cmp, min_chunk){
 	cmp = cmp || function(a, b){
-		return a === b || a == b }
-	index = index || []
+		return a === b || a == b ? a : false }
+
+	var index = index || []
+	// XXX do we actually need this???
+	min_chunk = min_chunk || 1
+
+	var _getCommonSections = function(a, b){
+		// index...
+		var res = (index[a] || [])[b]
+		if(res != null){
+			return res
+		}
+
+		// collect common chunk...
+		var l = 0
+		var chunk = {
+			A: a,
+			B: b,
+			chunk: [],
+		}
+		while(a+l < A.length && b+l < B.length){
+			var e = cmp(A[a+l], B[b+l])
+			if(!e){
+				break
+			}
+			chunk.chunk.push(e)
+			l++
+		}
+		// discard small chunks...
+		l = l < min_chunk ? 0 : l
+
+		// get next chunks...
+		var L = A.length > a+l + min_chunk ? 
+			_getCommonSections(l+a+1, l+b) 
+			: [0]
+		var R = B.length > b+l + min_chunk ? 
+			_getCommonSections(l+a, l+b+1) 
+			: [0]
+
+		// select the best chunk-set...
+		// NOTE: we maximize the number of elements in a chunk set then 
+		// 		minimize the number of chunks per set...
+		var next = L[0] == R[0] ? 
+				(L.length < R.length ? L : R)
+			: L[0] > R[0] ? 
+				L 
+			: R
+		var res = 
+			// non-empty chunk and next...
+			next[0] > 0 && l > 0 ? 
+				[l + next[0], chunk].concat(next.slice(1)) 
+			// non-empty chunk and empty next...
+			: l > 0 ? 
+				[l, chunk]
+			// empty chunk...
+			: next
+
+		// index...
+		index[a] = index[a] || []
+		index[a][b] = res
 
-	// index...
-	var res = (index[a] || [])[b]
-	if(res != null){
 		return res
-	}
+	} 
 
-	// get common chunk...
-	var l = 0
-	var chunk = []
-	while(a+l < A.length 
-			&& b+l < B.length
-			&& cmp(A[a+l], B[b+l])){
-		chunk.push(A[a+l])
-		l++
-	}
-	// discard small chunks...
-	if(l < min_chunk){
-		chunk = []
-		l = 0
-	}
-
-	// get next chunks...
-	var L = A.length > a+l + min_chunk ? 
-		getCommonSections(
-			A, B, 
-			l+a+1, l+b, 
-			min_chunk, cmp, index) 
-		: [0]
-	var R = B.length > b+l + min_chunk ? 
-		getCommonSections(
-			A, B, 
-			l+a, l+b+1, 
-			min_chunk, cmp, index) 
-		: [0]
-
-	// select the best chunk-set...
-	// NOTE: we maximize the number of elements in a chunk set then 
-	// 		minimize the number of chunks per set...
-	var next = L[0] == R[0] ? 
-			(L.length < R.length ? L : R)
-		: L[0] > R[0] ? 
-			L 
-		: R
-	var res = next[0] > 0 && l > 0 ? 
-			[l + next[0], chunk].concat(next.slice(1)) 
-		: l > 0 ? 
-			[l, chunk]
-		: next
-
-	// index...
-	index[a] = index[a] || []
-	index[a][b] = res
-
-	return res
+	return _getCommonSections(0, 0)
 }
 
 
+
+
+
+// XXX
 var getCommonSections2 = function(A, B, a, b, min_chunk, cmp){
 	a = a || 0
 	b = b || 0
@@ -200,6 +207,7 @@ var makeIndex = function(L){
 		}, new Map()) }
 
 
+// XXX
 var getCommonSections3 = function(A, B){
 	var A_index = makeIndex(A) 
 	var B_index = makeIndex(B)