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"Neal Groothuis" <ngroot@lo-cal.org> writes:

> Is there a situation where checking for TREESAMEness before simplification
> is desirable and checking after would not be?

When you do not want to see a side branch that does not contribute to the
end result at all, obviously ;-). Outside that situation, before or after
should not make a difference, I would think.