| /* Drop in replacement for heapq.py  | 
 |  | 
 | C implementation derived directly from heapq.py in Py2.3 | 
 | which was written by Kevin O'Connor, augmented by Tim Peters, | 
 | annotated by François Pinard, and converted to C by Raymond Hettinger. | 
 |  | 
 | */ | 
 |  | 
 | #include "Python.h" | 
 |  | 
 | static int | 
 | _siftdown(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t startpos, Py_ssize_t pos) | 
 | { | 
 | 	PyObject *newitem, *parent; | 
 | 	int cmp; | 
 | 	Py_ssize_t parentpos; | 
 |  | 
 | 	assert(PyList_Check(heap)); | 
 | 	if (pos >= PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) { | 
 | 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range"); | 
 | 		return -1; | 
 | 	} | 
 |  | 
 | 	newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos); | 
 | 	Py_INCREF(newitem); | 
 | 	/* Follow the path to the root, moving parents down until finding | 
 | 	   a place newitem fits. */ | 
 | 	while (pos > startpos){ | 
 | 		parentpos = (pos - 1) >> 1; | 
 | 		parent = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, parentpos); | 
 | 		cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(parent, newitem, Py_LE); | 
 | 		if (cmp == -1) { | 
 | 			Py_DECREF(newitem); | 
 | 			return -1; | 
 | 		} | 
 | 		if (cmp == 1) | 
 | 			break; | 
 | 		Py_INCREF(parent); | 
 | 		Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos)); | 
 | 		PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, parent); | 
 | 		pos = parentpos; | 
 | 	} | 
 | 	Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos)); | 
 | 	PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, newitem); | 
 | 	return 0; | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | static int | 
 | _siftup(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t pos) | 
 | { | 
 | 	Py_ssize_t startpos, endpos, childpos, rightpos; | 
 | 	int cmp; | 
 | 	PyObject *newitem, *tmp; | 
 |  | 
 | 	assert(PyList_Check(heap)); | 
 | 	endpos = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap); | 
 | 	startpos = pos; | 
 | 	if (pos >= endpos) { | 
 | 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range"); | 
 | 		return -1; | 
 | 	} | 
 | 	newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos); | 
 | 	Py_INCREF(newitem); | 
 |  | 
 | 	/* Bubble up the smaller child until hitting a leaf. */ | 
 | 	childpos = 2*pos + 1;    /* leftmost child position  */ | 
 | 	while (childpos < endpos) { | 
 | 		/* Set childpos to index of smaller child.   */ | 
 | 		rightpos = childpos + 1; | 
 | 		if (rightpos < endpos) { | 
 | 			cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool( | 
 | 				PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, rightpos), | 
 | 				PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos), | 
 | 				Py_LE); | 
 | 			if (cmp == -1) { | 
 | 				Py_DECREF(newitem); | 
 | 				return -1; | 
 | 			} | 
 | 			if (cmp == 1) | 
 | 				childpos = rightpos; | 
 | 		} | 
 | 		/* Move the smaller child up. */ | 
 | 		tmp = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos); | 
 | 		Py_INCREF(tmp); | 
 | 		Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos)); | 
 | 		PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, tmp); | 
 | 		pos = childpos; | 
 | 		childpos = 2*pos + 1; | 
 | 	} | 
 |  | 
 | 	/* The leaf at pos is empty now.  Put newitem there, and and bubble | 
 | 	   it up to its final resting place (by sifting its parents down). */ | 
 | 	Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos)); | 
 | 	PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, newitem); | 
 | 	return _siftdown(heap, startpos, pos); | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | static PyObject * | 
 | heappush(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) | 
 | { | 
 | 	PyObject *heap, *item; | 
 |  | 
 | 	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "heappush", 2, 2, &heap, &item)) | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 |  | 
 | 	if (!PyList_Check(heap)) { | 
 | 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list"); | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 | 	} | 
 |  | 
 | 	if (PyList_Append(heap, item) == -1) | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 |  | 
 | 	if (_siftdown((PyListObject *)heap, 0, PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)-1) == -1) | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 | 	Py_INCREF(Py_None); | 
 | 	return Py_None; | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | PyDoc_STRVAR(heappush_doc, | 
 | "Push item onto heap, maintaining the heap invariant."); | 
 |  | 
 | static PyObject * | 
 | heappop(PyObject *self, PyObject *heap) | 
 | { | 
 | 	PyObject *lastelt, *returnitem; | 
 | 	Py_ssize_t n; | 
 |  | 
 | 	if (!PyList_Check(heap)) { | 
 | 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list"); | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 | 	} | 
 |  | 
 | 	/* # raises appropriate IndexError if heap is empty */ | 
 | 	n = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap); | 
 | 	if (n == 0) { | 
 | 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range"); | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 | 	} | 
 |  | 
 | 	lastelt = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, n-1) ; | 
 | 	Py_INCREF(lastelt); | 
 | 	PyList_SetSlice(heap, n-1, n, NULL); | 
 | 	n--; | 
 |  | 
 | 	if (!n)  | 
 | 		return lastelt; | 
 | 	returnitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0); | 
 | 	PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, 0, lastelt); | 
 | 	if (_siftup((PyListObject *)heap, 0) == -1) { | 
 | 		Py_DECREF(returnitem); | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 | 	} | 
 | 	return returnitem; | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | PyDoc_STRVAR(heappop_doc, | 
 | "Pop the smallest item off the heap, maintaining the heap invariant."); | 
 |  | 
 | static PyObject * | 
 | heapreplace(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) | 
 | { | 
 | 	PyObject *heap, *item, *returnitem; | 
 |  | 
 | 	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "heapreplace", 2, 2, &heap, &item)) | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 |  | 
 | 	if (!PyList_Check(heap)) { | 
 | 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list"); | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 | 	} | 
 |  | 
 | 	if (PyList_GET_SIZE(heap) < 1) { | 
 | 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range"); | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 | 	} | 
 |  | 
 | 	returnitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0); | 
 | 	Py_INCREF(item); | 
 | 	PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, 0, item); | 
 | 	if (_siftup((PyListObject *)heap, 0) == -1) { | 
 | 		Py_DECREF(returnitem); | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 | 	} | 
 | 	return returnitem; | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | PyDoc_STRVAR(heapreplace_doc, | 
 | "Pop and return the current smallest value, and add the new item.\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | This is more efficient than heappop() followed by heappush(), and can be\n\ | 
 | more appropriate when using a fixed-size heap.  Note that the value\n\ | 
 | returned may be larger than item!  That constrains reasonable uses of\n\ | 
 | this routine unless written as part of a conditional replacement:\n\n\ | 
 |         if item > heap[0]:\n\ | 
 |             item = heapreplace(heap, item)\n"); | 
 |  | 
 | static PyObject * | 
 | heapify(PyObject *self, PyObject *heap) | 
 | { | 
 | 	Py_ssize_t i, n; | 
 |  | 
 | 	if (!PyList_Check(heap)) { | 
 | 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list"); | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 | 	} | 
 |  | 
 | 	n = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap); | 
 | 	/* Transform bottom-up.  The largest index there's any point to | 
 | 	   looking at is the largest with a child index in-range, so must | 
 | 	   have 2*i + 1 < n, or i < (n-1)/2.  If n is even = 2*j, this is | 
 | 	   (2*j-1)/2 = j-1/2 so j-1 is the largest, which is n//2 - 1.  If | 
 | 	   n is odd = 2*j+1, this is (2*j+1-1)/2 = j so j-1 is the largest, | 
 | 	   and that's again n//2-1. | 
 | 	*/ | 
 | 	for (i=n/2-1 ; i>=0 ; i--) | 
 | 		if(_siftup((PyListObject *)heap, i) == -1) | 
 | 			return NULL; | 
 | 	Py_INCREF(Py_None); | 
 | 	return Py_None; | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | PyDoc_STRVAR(heapify_doc, | 
 | "Transform list into a heap, in-place, in O(len(heap)) time."); | 
 |  | 
 | static PyObject * | 
 | nlargest(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) | 
 | { | 
 | 	PyObject *heap=NULL, *elem, *iterable, *sol, *it, *oldelem; | 
 | 	Py_ssize_t i, n; | 
 |  | 
 | 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "nO:nlargest", &n, &iterable)) | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 |  | 
 | 	it = PyObject_GetIter(iterable); | 
 | 	if (it == NULL) | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 |  | 
 | 	heap = PyList_New(0); | 
 | 	if (heap == NULL) | 
 | 		goto fail; | 
 |  | 
 | 	for (i=0 ; i<n ; i++ ){ | 
 | 		elem = PyIter_Next(it); | 
 | 		if (elem == NULL) { | 
 | 			if (PyErr_Occurred()) | 
 | 				goto fail; | 
 | 			else | 
 | 				goto sortit; | 
 | 		} | 
 | 		if (PyList_Append(heap, elem) == -1) { | 
 | 			Py_DECREF(elem); | 
 | 			goto fail; | 
 | 		} | 
 | 		Py_DECREF(elem); | 
 | 	} | 
 | 	if (PyList_GET_SIZE(heap) == 0) | 
 | 		goto sortit; | 
 |  | 
 | 	for (i=n/2-1 ; i>=0 ; i--) | 
 | 		if(_siftup((PyListObject *)heap, i) == -1) | 
 | 			goto fail; | 
 |  | 
 | 	sol = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0); | 
 | 	while (1) { | 
 | 		elem = PyIter_Next(it); | 
 | 		if (elem == NULL) { | 
 | 			if (PyErr_Occurred()) | 
 | 				goto fail; | 
 | 			else | 
 | 				goto sortit; | 
 | 		} | 
 | 		if (PyObject_RichCompareBool(elem, sol, Py_LE)) { | 
 | 			Py_DECREF(elem); | 
 | 			continue; | 
 | 		} | 
 | 		oldelem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0); | 
 | 		PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, 0, elem); | 
 | 		Py_DECREF(oldelem); | 
 | 		if (_siftup((PyListObject *)heap, 0) == -1) | 
 | 			goto fail; | 
 | 		sol = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0); | 
 | 	} | 
 | sortit: | 
 | 	if (PyList_Sort(heap) == -1) | 
 | 		goto fail; | 
 | 	if (PyList_Reverse(heap) == -1) | 
 | 		goto fail; | 
 | 	Py_DECREF(it); | 
 | 	return heap; | 
 |  | 
 | fail: | 
 | 	Py_DECREF(it); | 
 | 	Py_XDECREF(heap); | 
 | 	return NULL; | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | PyDoc_STRVAR(nlargest_doc, | 
 | "Find the n largest elements in a dataset.\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | Equivalent to:  sorted(iterable, reverse=True)[:n]\n"); | 
 |  | 
 | static int | 
 | _siftdownmax(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t startpos, Py_ssize_t pos) | 
 | { | 
 | 	PyObject *newitem, *parent; | 
 | 	int cmp; | 
 | 	Py_ssize_t parentpos; | 
 |  | 
 | 	assert(PyList_Check(heap)); | 
 | 	if (pos >= PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) { | 
 | 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range"); | 
 | 		return -1; | 
 | 	} | 
 |  | 
 | 	newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos); | 
 | 	Py_INCREF(newitem); | 
 | 	/* Follow the path to the root, moving parents down until finding | 
 | 	   a place newitem fits. */ | 
 | 	while (pos > startpos){ | 
 | 		parentpos = (pos - 1) >> 1; | 
 | 		parent = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, parentpos); | 
 | 		cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(newitem, parent, Py_LE); | 
 | 		if (cmp == -1) { | 
 | 			Py_DECREF(newitem); | 
 | 			return -1; | 
 | 		} | 
 | 		if (cmp == 1) | 
 | 			break; | 
 | 		Py_INCREF(parent); | 
 | 		Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos)); | 
 | 		PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, parent); | 
 | 		pos = parentpos; | 
 | 	} | 
 | 	Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos)); | 
 | 	PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, newitem); | 
 | 	return 0; | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | static int | 
 | _siftupmax(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t pos) | 
 | { | 
 | 	Py_ssize_t startpos, endpos, childpos, rightpos; | 
 | 	int cmp; | 
 | 	PyObject *newitem, *tmp; | 
 |  | 
 | 	assert(PyList_Check(heap)); | 
 | 	endpos = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap); | 
 | 	startpos = pos; | 
 | 	if (pos >= endpos) { | 
 | 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range"); | 
 | 		return -1; | 
 | 	} | 
 | 	newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos); | 
 | 	Py_INCREF(newitem); | 
 |  | 
 | 	/* Bubble up the smaller child until hitting a leaf. */ | 
 | 	childpos = 2*pos + 1;    /* leftmost child position  */ | 
 | 	while (childpos < endpos) { | 
 | 		/* Set childpos to index of smaller child.   */ | 
 | 		rightpos = childpos + 1; | 
 | 		if (rightpos < endpos) { | 
 | 			cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool( | 
 | 				PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos), | 
 | 				PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, rightpos), | 
 | 				Py_LE); | 
 | 			if (cmp == -1) { | 
 | 				Py_DECREF(newitem); | 
 | 				return -1; | 
 | 			} | 
 | 			if (cmp == 1) | 
 | 				childpos = rightpos; | 
 | 		} | 
 | 		/* Move the smaller child up. */ | 
 | 		tmp = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos); | 
 | 		Py_INCREF(tmp); | 
 | 		Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos)); | 
 | 		PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, tmp); | 
 | 		pos = childpos; | 
 | 		childpos = 2*pos + 1; | 
 | 	} | 
 |  | 
 | 	/* The leaf at pos is empty now.  Put newitem there, and and bubble | 
 | 	   it up to its final resting place (by sifting its parents down). */ | 
 | 	Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos)); | 
 | 	PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, newitem); | 
 | 	return _siftdownmax(heap, startpos, pos); | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | static PyObject * | 
 | nsmallest(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) | 
 | { | 
 | 	PyObject *heap=NULL, *elem, *iterable, *los, *it, *oldelem; | 
 | 	Py_ssize_t i, n; | 
 |  | 
 | 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "nO:nsmallest", &n, &iterable)) | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 |  | 
 | 	it = PyObject_GetIter(iterable); | 
 | 	if (it == NULL) | 
 | 		return NULL; | 
 |  | 
 | 	heap = PyList_New(0); | 
 | 	if (heap == NULL) | 
 | 		goto fail; | 
 |  | 
 | 	for (i=0 ; i<n ; i++ ){ | 
 | 		elem = PyIter_Next(it); | 
 | 		if (elem == NULL) { | 
 | 			if (PyErr_Occurred()) | 
 | 				goto fail; | 
 | 			else | 
 | 				goto sortit; | 
 | 		} | 
 | 		if (PyList_Append(heap, elem) == -1) { | 
 | 			Py_DECREF(elem); | 
 | 			goto fail; | 
 | 		} | 
 | 		Py_DECREF(elem); | 
 | 	} | 
 | 	n = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap); | 
 | 	if (n == 0) | 
 | 		goto sortit; | 
 |  | 
 | 	for (i=n/2-1 ; i>=0 ; i--) | 
 | 		if(_siftupmax((PyListObject *)heap, i) == -1) | 
 | 			goto fail; | 
 |  | 
 | 	los = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0); | 
 | 	while (1) { | 
 | 		elem = PyIter_Next(it); | 
 | 		if (elem == NULL) { | 
 | 			if (PyErr_Occurred()) | 
 | 				goto fail; | 
 | 			else | 
 | 				goto sortit; | 
 | 		} | 
 | 		if (PyObject_RichCompareBool(los, elem, Py_LE)) { | 
 | 			Py_DECREF(elem); | 
 | 			continue; | 
 | 		} | 
 |  | 
 | 		oldelem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0); | 
 | 		PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, 0, elem); | 
 | 		Py_DECREF(oldelem); | 
 | 		if (_siftupmax((PyListObject *)heap, 0) == -1) | 
 | 			goto fail; | 
 | 		los = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0); | 
 | 	} | 
 |  | 
 | sortit: | 
 | 	if (PyList_Sort(heap) == -1) | 
 | 		goto fail; | 
 | 	Py_DECREF(it); | 
 | 	return heap; | 
 |  | 
 | fail: | 
 | 	Py_DECREF(it); | 
 | 	Py_XDECREF(heap); | 
 | 	return NULL; | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | PyDoc_STRVAR(nsmallest_doc, | 
 | "Find the n smallest elements in a dataset.\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | Equivalent to:  sorted(iterable)[:n]\n"); | 
 |  | 
 | static PyMethodDef heapq_methods[] = { | 
 | 	{"heappush",	(PyCFunction)heappush,		 | 
 | 		METH_VARARGS,	heappush_doc}, | 
 | 	{"heappop",	(PyCFunction)heappop, | 
 | 		METH_O,		heappop_doc}, | 
 | 	{"heapreplace",	(PyCFunction)heapreplace, | 
 | 		METH_VARARGS,	heapreplace_doc}, | 
 | 	{"heapify",	(PyCFunction)heapify, | 
 | 		METH_O,		heapify_doc}, | 
 | 	{"nlargest",	(PyCFunction)nlargest, | 
 | 		METH_VARARGS,	nlargest_doc}, | 
 | 	{"nsmallest",	(PyCFunction)nsmallest, | 
 | 		METH_VARARGS,	nsmallest_doc}, | 
 | 	{NULL,		NULL}		/* sentinel */ | 
 | }; | 
 |  | 
 | PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc, | 
 | "Heap queue algorithm (a.k.a. priority queue).\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | Heaps are arrays for which a[k] <= a[2*k+1] and a[k] <= a[2*k+2] for\n\ | 
 | all k, counting elements from 0.  For the sake of comparison,\n\ | 
 | non-existing elements are considered to be infinite.  The interesting\n\ | 
 | property of a heap is that a[0] is always its smallest element.\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | Usage:\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | heap = []            # creates an empty heap\n\ | 
 | heappush(heap, item) # pushes a new item on the heap\n\ | 
 | item = heappop(heap) # pops the smallest item from the heap\n\ | 
 | item = heap[0]       # smallest item on the heap without popping it\n\ | 
 | heapify(x)           # transforms list into a heap, in-place, in linear time\n\ | 
 | item = heapreplace(heap, item) # pops and returns smallest item, and adds\n\ | 
 |                                # new item; the heap size is unchanged\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | Our API differs from textbook heap algorithms as follows:\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | - We use 0-based indexing.  This makes the relationship between the\n\ | 
 |   index for a node and the indexes for its children slightly less\n\ | 
 |   obvious, but is more suitable since Python uses 0-based indexing.\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | - Our heappop() method returns the smallest item, not the largest.\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | These two make it possible to view the heap as a regular Python list\n\ | 
 | without surprises: heap[0] is the smallest item, and heap.sort()\n\ | 
 | maintains the heap invariant!\n"); | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | PyDoc_STRVAR(__about__, | 
 | "Heap queues\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | [explanation by François Pinard]\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | Heaps are arrays for which a[k] <= a[2*k+1] and a[k] <= a[2*k+2] for\n\ | 
 | all k, counting elements from 0.  For the sake of comparison,\n\ | 
 | non-existing elements are considered to be infinite.  The interesting\n\ | 
 | property of a heap is that a[0] is always its smallest element.\n" | 
 | "\n\ | 
 | The strange invariant above is meant to be an efficient memory\n\ | 
 | representation for a tournament.  The numbers below are `k', not a[k]:\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 |                                    0\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 |                   1                                 2\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 |           3               4                5               6\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 |       7       8       9       10      11      12      13      14\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 |     15 16   17 18   19 20   21 22   23 24   25 26   27 28   29 30\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | In the tree above, each cell `k' is topping `2*k+1' and `2*k+2'.  In\n\ | 
 | an usual binary tournament we see in sports, each cell is the winner\n\ | 
 | over the two cells it tops, and we can trace the winner down the tree\n\ | 
 | to see all opponents s/he had.  However, in many computer applications\n\ | 
 | of such tournaments, we do not need to trace the history of a winner.\n\ | 
 | To be more memory efficient, when a winner is promoted, we try to\n\ | 
 | replace it by something else at a lower level, and the rule becomes\n\ | 
 | that a cell and the two cells it tops contain three different items,\n\ | 
 | but the top cell \"wins\" over the two topped cells.\n" | 
 | "\n\ | 
 | If this heap invariant is protected at all time, index 0 is clearly\n\ | 
 | the overall winner.  The simplest algorithmic way to remove it and\n\ | 
 | find the \"next\" winner is to move some loser (let's say cell 30 in the\n\ | 
 | diagram above) into the 0 position, and then percolate this new 0 down\n\ | 
 | the tree, exchanging values, until the invariant is re-established.\n\ | 
 | This is clearly logarithmic on the total number of items in the tree.\n\ | 
 | By iterating over all items, you get an O(n ln n) sort.\n" | 
 | "\n\ | 
 | A nice feature of this sort is that you can efficiently insert new\n\ | 
 | items while the sort is going on, provided that the inserted items are\n\ | 
 | not \"better\" than the last 0'th element you extracted.  This is\n\ | 
 | especially useful in simulation contexts, where the tree holds all\n\ | 
 | incoming events, and the \"win\" condition means the smallest scheduled\n\ | 
 | time.  When an event schedule other events for execution, they are\n\ | 
 | scheduled into the future, so they can easily go into the heap.  So, a\n\ | 
 | heap is a good structure for implementing schedulers (this is what I\n\ | 
 | used for my MIDI sequencer :-).\n" | 
 | "\n\ | 
 | Various structures for implementing schedulers have been extensively\n\ | 
 | studied, and heaps are good for this, as they are reasonably speedy,\n\ | 
 | the speed is almost constant, and the worst case is not much different\n\ | 
 | than the average case.  However, there are other representations which\n\ | 
 | are more efficient overall, yet the worst cases might be terrible.\n" | 
 | "\n\ | 
 | Heaps are also very useful in big disk sorts.  You most probably all\n\ | 
 | know that a big sort implies producing \"runs\" (which are pre-sorted\n\ | 
 | sequences, which size is usually related to the amount of CPU memory),\n\ | 
 | followed by a merging passes for these runs, which merging is often\n\ | 
 | very cleverly organised[1].  It is very important that the initial\n\ | 
 | sort produces the longest runs possible.  Tournaments are a good way\n\ | 
 | to that.  If, using all the memory available to hold a tournament, you\n\ | 
 | replace and percolate items that happen to fit the current run, you'll\n\ | 
 | produce runs which are twice the size of the memory for random input,\n\ | 
 | and much better for input fuzzily ordered.\n" | 
 | "\n\ | 
 | Moreover, if you output the 0'th item on disk and get an input which\n\ | 
 | may not fit in the current tournament (because the value \"wins\" over\n\ | 
 | the last output value), it cannot fit in the heap, so the size of the\n\ | 
 | heap decreases.  The freed memory could be cleverly reused immediately\n\ | 
 | for progressively building a second heap, which grows at exactly the\n\ | 
 | same rate the first heap is melting.  When the first heap completely\n\ | 
 | vanishes, you switch heaps and start a new run.  Clever and quite\n\ | 
 | effective!\n\ | 
 | \n\ | 
 | In a word, heaps are useful memory structures to know.  I use them in\n\ | 
 | a few applications, and I think it is good to keep a `heap' module\n\ | 
 | around. :-)\n" | 
 | "\n\ | 
 | --------------------\n\ | 
 | [1] The disk balancing algorithms which are current, nowadays, are\n\ | 
 | more annoying than clever, and this is a consequence of the seeking\n\ | 
 | capabilities of the disks.  On devices which cannot seek, like big\n\ | 
 | tape drives, the story was quite different, and one had to be very\n\ | 
 | clever to ensure (far in advance) that each tape movement will be the\n\ | 
 | most effective possible (that is, will best participate at\n\ | 
 | \"progressing\" the merge).  Some tapes were even able to read\n\ | 
 | backwards, and this was also used to avoid the rewinding time.\n\ | 
 | Believe me, real good tape sorts were quite spectacular to watch!\n\ | 
 | From all times, sorting has always been a Great Art! :-)\n"); | 
 |  | 
 | PyMODINIT_FUNC | 
 | init_heapq(void) | 
 | { | 
 | 	PyObject *m; | 
 |  | 
 | 	m = Py_InitModule3("_heapq", heapq_methods, module_doc); | 
 | 	if (m == NULL) | 
 |     		return; | 
 | 	PyModule_AddObject(m, "__about__", PyString_FromString(__about__)); | 
 | } | 
 |  |