* messages added until thisProbe is confirmed.*/
protected byte compareTag(Probe thisProbe, Probe otherProbe, int tagpos, boolean allowsSequence, boolean allowsComplement,
TagLibrary[] taglibraries,
TagSimilarityCalculator tsc1) {
TagLibrary tl = taglibraries[tagpos];
byte mode = tl.getMode();
Group<?> thisGroup = DesignUtils.getGroupWithType(thisProbe, ProbeGroup.GROUP_TYPE);
Group<?> otherGroup = DesignUtils.getGroupWithType(otherProbe, ProbeGroup.GROUP_TYPE);
boolean sameGroup = thisGroup == otherGroup;
boolean checkSequence = !allowsSequence && tests[2].perform();