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Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +00001/* Drop in replacement for heapq.py
2
3C implementation derived directly from heapq.py in Py2.3
4which was written by Kevin O'Connor, augmented by Tim Peters,
5annotated by François Pinard, and converted to C by Raymond Hettinger.
6
7*/
8
9#include "Python.h"
10
11static int
Martin v. Löwisad0a4622006-02-16 14:30:23 +000012_siftdown(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t startpos, Py_ssize_t pos)
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +000013{
14 PyObject *newitem, *parent;
Martin v. Löwisad0a4622006-02-16 14:30:23 +000015 int cmp;
16 Py_ssize_t parentpos;
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +000017
18 assert(PyList_Check(heap));
19 if (pos >= PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) {
20 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
21 return -1;
22 }
23
24 newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
25 Py_INCREF(newitem);
26 /* Follow the path to the root, moving parents down until finding
27 a place newitem fits. */
28 while (pos > startpos){
29 parentpos = (pos - 1) >> 1;
30 parent = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, parentpos);
31 cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(parent, newitem, Py_LE);
Raymond Hettinger855d9a92004-09-28 00:03:54 +000032 if (cmp == -1) {
33 Py_DECREF(newitem);
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +000034 return -1;
Raymond Hettinger855d9a92004-09-28 00:03:54 +000035 }
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +000036 if (cmp == 1)
37 break;
38 Py_INCREF(parent);
39 Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos));
40 PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, parent);
41 pos = parentpos;
42 }
43 Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos));
44 PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, newitem);
45 return 0;
46}
47
48static int
Martin v. Löwisad0a4622006-02-16 14:30:23 +000049_siftup(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t pos)
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +000050{
Martin v. Löwisad0a4622006-02-16 14:30:23 +000051 Py_ssize_t startpos, endpos, childpos, rightpos;
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +000052 int cmp;
53 PyObject *newitem, *tmp;
54
55 assert(PyList_Check(heap));
56 endpos = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
57 startpos = pos;
58 if (pos >= endpos) {
59 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
60 return -1;
61 }
62 newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
63 Py_INCREF(newitem);
64
65 /* Bubble up the smaller child until hitting a leaf. */
66 childpos = 2*pos + 1; /* leftmost child position */
67 while (childpos < endpos) {
68 /* Set childpos to index of smaller child. */
69 rightpos = childpos + 1;
70 if (rightpos < endpos) {
71 cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(
72 PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, rightpos),
73 PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos),
74 Py_LE);
Raymond Hettinger855d9a92004-09-28 00:03:54 +000075 if (cmp == -1) {
76 Py_DECREF(newitem);
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +000077 return -1;
Raymond Hettinger855d9a92004-09-28 00:03:54 +000078 }
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +000079 if (cmp == 1)
80 childpos = rightpos;
81 }
82 /* Move the smaller child up. */
83 tmp = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos);
84 Py_INCREF(tmp);
85 Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos));
86 PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, tmp);
87 pos = childpos;
88 childpos = 2*pos + 1;
89 }
90
91 /* The leaf at pos is empty now. Put newitem there, and and bubble
92 it up to its final resting place (by sifting its parents down). */
93 Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos));
94 PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, newitem);
95 return _siftdown(heap, startpos, pos);
96}
97
98static PyObject *
99heappush(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
100{
101 PyObject *heap, *item;
102
103 if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "heappush", 2, 2, &heap, &item))
104 return NULL;
105
106 if (!PyList_Check(heap)) {
107 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list");
108 return NULL;
109 }
110
111 if (PyList_Append(heap, item) == -1)
112 return NULL;
113
114 if (_siftdown((PyListObject *)heap, 0, PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)-1) == -1)
115 return NULL;
116 Py_INCREF(Py_None);
117 return Py_None;
118}
119
120PyDoc_STRVAR(heappush_doc,
121"Push item onto heap, maintaining the heap invariant.");
122
123static PyObject *
124heappop(PyObject *self, PyObject *heap)
125{
126 PyObject *lastelt, *returnitem;
Martin v. Löwisad0a4622006-02-16 14:30:23 +0000127 Py_ssize_t n;
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +0000128
129 if (!PyList_Check(heap)) {
130 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list");
131 return NULL;
132 }
133
134 /* # raises appropriate IndexError if heap is empty */
135 n = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
136 if (n == 0) {
137 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
138 return NULL;
139 }
140
141 lastelt = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, n-1) ;
142 Py_INCREF(lastelt);
143 PyList_SetSlice(heap, n-1, n, NULL);
144 n--;
145
146 if (!n)
147 return lastelt;
148 returnitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0);
149 PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, 0, lastelt);
150 if (_siftup((PyListObject *)heap, 0) == -1) {
151 Py_DECREF(returnitem);
152 return NULL;
153 }
154 return returnitem;
155}
156
157PyDoc_STRVAR(heappop_doc,
158"Pop the smallest item off the heap, maintaining the heap invariant.");
159
160static PyObject *
161heapreplace(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
162{
163 PyObject *heap, *item, *returnitem;
164
165 if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "heapreplace", 2, 2, &heap, &item))
166 return NULL;
167
168 if (!PyList_Check(heap)) {
169 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list");
170 return NULL;
171 }
172
173 if (PyList_GET_SIZE(heap) < 1) {
174 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
175 return NULL;
176 }
177
178 returnitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0);
179 Py_INCREF(item);
180 PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, 0, item);
181 if (_siftup((PyListObject *)heap, 0) == -1) {
182 Py_DECREF(returnitem);
183 return NULL;
184 }
185 return returnitem;
186}
187
188PyDoc_STRVAR(heapreplace_doc,
189"Pop and return the current smallest value, and add the new item.\n\
190\n\
191This is more efficient than heappop() followed by heappush(), and can be\n\
192more appropriate when using a fixed-size heap. Note that the value\n\
193returned may be larger than item! That constrains reasonable uses of\n\
Raymond Hettinger8158e842004-09-06 07:04:09 +0000194this routine unless written as part of a conditional replacement:\n\n\
195 if item > heap[0]:\n\
196 item = heapreplace(heap, item)\n");
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +0000197
198static PyObject *
199heapify(PyObject *self, PyObject *heap)
200{
Martin v. Löwisad0a4622006-02-16 14:30:23 +0000201 Py_ssize_t i, n;
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +0000202
203 if (!PyList_Check(heap)) {
204 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list");
205 return NULL;
206 }
207
208 n = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
209 /* Transform bottom-up. The largest index there's any point to
210 looking at is the largest with a child index in-range, so must
211 have 2*i + 1 < n, or i < (n-1)/2. If n is even = 2*j, this is
212 (2*j-1)/2 = j-1/2 so j-1 is the largest, which is n//2 - 1. If
213 n is odd = 2*j+1, this is (2*j+1-1)/2 = j so j-1 is the largest,
214 and that's again n//2-1.
215 */
216 for (i=n/2-1 ; i>=0 ; i--)
217 if(_siftup((PyListObject *)heap, i) == -1)
218 return NULL;
219 Py_INCREF(Py_None);
220 return Py_None;
221}
222
223PyDoc_STRVAR(heapify_doc,
224"Transform list into a heap, in-place, in O(len(heap)) time.");
225
Raymond Hettingerc9297662004-06-12 22:48:46 +0000226static PyObject *
227nlargest(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
228{
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000229 PyObject *heap=NULL, *elem, *iterable, *sol, *it, *oldelem;
Thomas Wouters13870b12006-02-16 19:21:53 +0000230 Py_ssize_t i, n;
Raymond Hettingerc9297662004-06-12 22:48:46 +0000231
Thomas Wouters13870b12006-02-16 19:21:53 +0000232 if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "nO:nlargest", &n, &iterable))
Raymond Hettingerc9297662004-06-12 22:48:46 +0000233 return NULL;
234
235 it = PyObject_GetIter(iterable);
236 if (it == NULL)
237 return NULL;
238
239 heap = PyList_New(0);
Raymond Hettingerde72edd2004-06-13 15:36:56 +0000240 if (heap == NULL)
Raymond Hettingerc9297662004-06-12 22:48:46 +0000241 goto fail;
242
243 for (i=0 ; i<n ; i++ ){
244 elem = PyIter_Next(it);
Raymond Hettingerde72edd2004-06-13 15:36:56 +0000245 if (elem == NULL) {
246 if (PyErr_Occurred())
247 goto fail;
248 else
249 goto sortit;
250 }
Raymond Hettingerc9297662004-06-12 22:48:46 +0000251 if (PyList_Append(heap, elem) == -1) {
252 Py_DECREF(elem);
253 goto fail;
254 }
255 Py_DECREF(elem);
256 }
257 if (PyList_GET_SIZE(heap) == 0)
258 goto sortit;
259
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000260 for (i=n/2-1 ; i>=0 ; i--)
261 if(_siftup((PyListObject *)heap, i) == -1)
262 goto fail;
Raymond Hettingerc9297662004-06-12 22:48:46 +0000263
264 sol = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0);
265 while (1) {
266 elem = PyIter_Next(it);
267 if (elem == NULL) {
268 if (PyErr_Occurred())
269 goto fail;
270 else
271 goto sortit;
272 }
273 if (PyObject_RichCompareBool(elem, sol, Py_LE)) {
274 Py_DECREF(elem);
275 continue;
276 }
277 oldelem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0);
278 PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, 0, elem);
279 Py_DECREF(oldelem);
280 if (_siftup((PyListObject *)heap, 0) == -1)
281 goto fail;
282 sol = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0);
283 }
284sortit:
Raymond Hettingerc9297662004-06-12 22:48:46 +0000285 if (PyList_Sort(heap) == -1)
286 goto fail;
287 if (PyList_Reverse(heap) == -1)
288 goto fail;
Raymond Hettingerde72edd2004-06-13 15:36:56 +0000289 Py_DECREF(it);
Raymond Hettingerc9297662004-06-12 22:48:46 +0000290 return heap;
291
292fail:
293 Py_DECREF(it);
294 Py_XDECREF(heap);
295 return NULL;
296}
297
298PyDoc_STRVAR(nlargest_doc,
299"Find the n largest elements in a dataset.\n\
300\n\
301Equivalent to: sorted(iterable, reverse=True)[:n]\n");
302
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000303static int
Martin v. Löwisad0a4622006-02-16 14:30:23 +0000304_siftdownmax(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t startpos, Py_ssize_t pos)
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000305{
306 PyObject *newitem, *parent;
Martin v. Löwisad0a4622006-02-16 14:30:23 +0000307 int cmp;
308 Py_ssize_t parentpos;
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000309
310 assert(PyList_Check(heap));
311 if (pos >= PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) {
312 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
313 return -1;
314 }
315
316 newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
317 Py_INCREF(newitem);
318 /* Follow the path to the root, moving parents down until finding
319 a place newitem fits. */
320 while (pos > startpos){
321 parentpos = (pos - 1) >> 1;
322 parent = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, parentpos);
323 cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(newitem, parent, Py_LE);
Raymond Hettinger855d9a92004-09-28 00:03:54 +0000324 if (cmp == -1) {
325 Py_DECREF(newitem);
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000326 return -1;
Raymond Hettinger855d9a92004-09-28 00:03:54 +0000327 }
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000328 if (cmp == 1)
329 break;
330 Py_INCREF(parent);
331 Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos));
332 PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, parent);
333 pos = parentpos;
334 }
335 Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos));
336 PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, newitem);
337 return 0;
338}
339
340static int
Martin v. Löwisad0a4622006-02-16 14:30:23 +0000341_siftupmax(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t pos)
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000342{
Martin v. Löwisad0a4622006-02-16 14:30:23 +0000343 Py_ssize_t startpos, endpos, childpos, rightpos;
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000344 int cmp;
345 PyObject *newitem, *tmp;
346
347 assert(PyList_Check(heap));
348 endpos = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
349 startpos = pos;
350 if (pos >= endpos) {
351 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
352 return -1;
353 }
354 newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
355 Py_INCREF(newitem);
356
357 /* Bubble up the smaller child until hitting a leaf. */
358 childpos = 2*pos + 1; /* leftmost child position */
359 while (childpos < endpos) {
360 /* Set childpos to index of smaller child. */
361 rightpos = childpos + 1;
362 if (rightpos < endpos) {
363 cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(
364 PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos),
365 PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, rightpos),
366 Py_LE);
Raymond Hettinger855d9a92004-09-28 00:03:54 +0000367 if (cmp == -1) {
368 Py_DECREF(newitem);
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000369 return -1;
Raymond Hettinger855d9a92004-09-28 00:03:54 +0000370 }
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000371 if (cmp == 1)
372 childpos = rightpos;
373 }
374 /* Move the smaller child up. */
375 tmp = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos);
376 Py_INCREF(tmp);
377 Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos));
378 PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, tmp);
379 pos = childpos;
380 childpos = 2*pos + 1;
381 }
382
383 /* The leaf at pos is empty now. Put newitem there, and and bubble
384 it up to its final resting place (by sifting its parents down). */
385 Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos));
386 PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, newitem);
387 return _siftdownmax(heap, startpos, pos);
388}
389
390static PyObject *
391nsmallest(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
392{
393 PyObject *heap=NULL, *elem, *iterable, *los, *it, *oldelem;
Martin v. Löwisad0a4622006-02-16 14:30:23 +0000394 Py_ssize_t i, n;
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000395
Thomas Woutersed6254a2006-02-16 17:32:54 +0000396 if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "nO:nsmallest", &n, &iterable))
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000397 return NULL;
398
399 it = PyObject_GetIter(iterable);
400 if (it == NULL)
401 return NULL;
402
403 heap = PyList_New(0);
Raymond Hettingerde72edd2004-06-13 15:36:56 +0000404 if (heap == NULL)
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000405 goto fail;
406
407 for (i=0 ; i<n ; i++ ){
408 elem = PyIter_Next(it);
Raymond Hettingerde72edd2004-06-13 15:36:56 +0000409 if (elem == NULL) {
410 if (PyErr_Occurred())
411 goto fail;
412 else
413 goto sortit;
414 }
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000415 if (PyList_Append(heap, elem) == -1) {
416 Py_DECREF(elem);
417 goto fail;
418 }
419 Py_DECREF(elem);
420 }
421 n = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
422 if (n == 0)
423 goto sortit;
424
425 for (i=n/2-1 ; i>=0 ; i--)
426 if(_siftupmax((PyListObject *)heap, i) == -1)
427 goto fail;
428
429 los = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0);
430 while (1) {
431 elem = PyIter_Next(it);
432 if (elem == NULL) {
433 if (PyErr_Occurred())
434 goto fail;
435 else
436 goto sortit;
437 }
438 if (PyObject_RichCompareBool(los, elem, Py_LE)) {
439 Py_DECREF(elem);
440 continue;
441 }
442
443 oldelem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0);
444 PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, 0, elem);
445 Py_DECREF(oldelem);
446 if (_siftupmax((PyListObject *)heap, 0) == -1)
447 goto fail;
448 los = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0);
449 }
450
451sortit:
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000452 if (PyList_Sort(heap) == -1)
453 goto fail;
Raymond Hettingerde72edd2004-06-13 15:36:56 +0000454 Py_DECREF(it);
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000455 return heap;
456
457fail:
458 Py_DECREF(it);
459 Py_XDECREF(heap);
460 return NULL;
461}
462
463PyDoc_STRVAR(nsmallest_doc,
464"Find the n smallest elements in a dataset.\n\
465\n\
466Equivalent to: sorted(iterable)[:n]\n");
467
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +0000468static PyMethodDef heapq_methods[] = {
469 {"heappush", (PyCFunction)heappush,
470 METH_VARARGS, heappush_doc},
471 {"heappop", (PyCFunction)heappop,
472 METH_O, heappop_doc},
473 {"heapreplace", (PyCFunction)heapreplace,
474 METH_VARARGS, heapreplace_doc},
475 {"heapify", (PyCFunction)heapify,
476 METH_O, heapify_doc},
Raymond Hettingerc9297662004-06-12 22:48:46 +0000477 {"nlargest", (PyCFunction)nlargest,
478 METH_VARARGS, nlargest_doc},
Raymond Hettinger2e3dfaf2004-06-13 05:26:33 +0000479 {"nsmallest", (PyCFunction)nsmallest,
480 METH_VARARGS, nsmallest_doc},
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +0000481 {NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
482};
483
484PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
485"Heap queue algorithm (a.k.a. priority queue).\n\
486\n\
487Heaps are arrays for which a[k] <= a[2*k+1] and a[k] <= a[2*k+2] for\n\
488all k, counting elements from 0. For the sake of comparison,\n\
489non-existing elements are considered to be infinite. The interesting\n\
490property of a heap is that a[0] is always its smallest element.\n\
491\n\
492Usage:\n\
493\n\
494heap = [] # creates an empty heap\n\
495heappush(heap, item) # pushes a new item on the heap\n\
496item = heappop(heap) # pops the smallest item from the heap\n\
497item = heap[0] # smallest item on the heap without popping it\n\
498heapify(x) # transforms list into a heap, in-place, in linear time\n\
499item = heapreplace(heap, item) # pops and returns smallest item, and adds\n\
500 # new item; the heap size is unchanged\n\
501\n\
502Our API differs from textbook heap algorithms as follows:\n\
503\n\
504- We use 0-based indexing. This makes the relationship between the\n\
505 index for a node and the indexes for its children slightly less\n\
506 obvious, but is more suitable since Python uses 0-based indexing.\n\
507\n\
508- Our heappop() method returns the smallest item, not the largest.\n\
509\n\
510These two make it possible to view the heap as a regular Python list\n\
511without surprises: heap[0] is the smallest item, and heap.sort()\n\
512maintains the heap invariant!\n");
513
514
515PyDoc_STRVAR(__about__,
516"Heap queues\n\
517\n\
Neal Norwitzc1786ea2007-08-23 23:58:43 +0000518[explanation by Fran\xc3\xa7ois Pinard]\n\
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +0000519\n\
520Heaps are arrays for which a[k] <= a[2*k+1] and a[k] <= a[2*k+2] for\n\
521all k, counting elements from 0. For the sake of comparison,\n\
522non-existing elements are considered to be infinite. The interesting\n\
523property of a heap is that a[0] is always its smallest element.\n"
524"\n\
525The strange invariant above is meant to be an efficient memory\n\
526representation for a tournament. The numbers below are `k', not a[k]:\n\
527\n\
528 0\n\
529\n\
530 1 2\n\
531\n\
532 3 4 5 6\n\
533\n\
534 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14\n\
535\n\
536 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30\n\
537\n\
538\n\
539In the tree above, each cell `k' is topping `2*k+1' and `2*k+2'. In\n\
540an usual binary tournament we see in sports, each cell is the winner\n\
541over the two cells it tops, and we can trace the winner down the tree\n\
542to see all opponents s/he had. However, in many computer applications\n\
543of such tournaments, we do not need to trace the history of a winner.\n\
544To be more memory efficient, when a winner is promoted, we try to\n\
545replace it by something else at a lower level, and the rule becomes\n\
546that a cell and the two cells it tops contain three different items,\n\
547but the top cell \"wins\" over the two topped cells.\n"
548"\n\
549If this heap invariant is protected at all time, index 0 is clearly\n\
550the overall winner. The simplest algorithmic way to remove it and\n\
551find the \"next\" winner is to move some loser (let's say cell 30 in the\n\
552diagram above) into the 0 position, and then percolate this new 0 down\n\
553the tree, exchanging values, until the invariant is re-established.\n\
554This is clearly logarithmic on the total number of items in the tree.\n\
555By iterating over all items, you get an O(n ln n) sort.\n"
556"\n\
557A nice feature of this sort is that you can efficiently insert new\n\
558items while the sort is going on, provided that the inserted items are\n\
559not \"better\" than the last 0'th element you extracted. This is\n\
560especially useful in simulation contexts, where the tree holds all\n\
561incoming events, and the \"win\" condition means the smallest scheduled\n\
562time. When an event schedule other events for execution, they are\n\
563scheduled into the future, so they can easily go into the heap. So, a\n\
564heap is a good structure for implementing schedulers (this is what I\n\
565used for my MIDI sequencer :-).\n"
566"\n\
567Various structures for implementing schedulers have been extensively\n\
568studied, and heaps are good for this, as they are reasonably speedy,\n\
569the speed is almost constant, and the worst case is not much different\n\
570than the average case. However, there are other representations which\n\
571are more efficient overall, yet the worst cases might be terrible.\n"
572"\n\
573Heaps are also very useful in big disk sorts. You most probably all\n\
574know that a big sort implies producing \"runs\" (which are pre-sorted\n\
575sequences, which size is usually related to the amount of CPU memory),\n\
576followed by a merging passes for these runs, which merging is often\n\
577very cleverly organised[1]. It is very important that the initial\n\
578sort produces the longest runs possible. Tournaments are a good way\n\
579to that. If, using all the memory available to hold a tournament, you\n\
580replace and percolate items that happen to fit the current run, you'll\n\
581produce runs which are twice the size of the memory for random input,\n\
582and much better for input fuzzily ordered.\n"
583"\n\
584Moreover, if you output the 0'th item on disk and get an input which\n\
585may not fit in the current tournament (because the value \"wins\" over\n\
586the last output value), it cannot fit in the heap, so the size of the\n\
587heap decreases. The freed memory could be cleverly reused immediately\n\
588for progressively building a second heap, which grows at exactly the\n\
589same rate the first heap is melting. When the first heap completely\n\
590vanishes, you switch heaps and start a new run. Clever and quite\n\
591effective!\n\
592\n\
593In a word, heaps are useful memory structures to know. I use them in\n\
594a few applications, and I think it is good to keep a `heap' module\n\
595around. :-)\n"
596"\n\
597--------------------\n\
598[1] The disk balancing algorithms which are current, nowadays, are\n\
599more annoying than clever, and this is a consequence of the seeking\n\
600capabilities of the disks. On devices which cannot seek, like big\n\
601tape drives, the story was quite different, and one had to be very\n\
602clever to ensure (far in advance) that each tape movement will be the\n\
603most effective possible (that is, will best participate at\n\
604\"progressing\" the merge). Some tapes were even able to read\n\
605backwards, and this was also used to avoid the rewinding time.\n\
606Believe me, real good tape sorts were quite spectacular to watch!\n\
607From all times, sorting has always been a Great Art! :-)\n");
608
609PyMODINIT_FUNC
610init_heapq(void)
611{
Neal Norwitzc1786ea2007-08-23 23:58:43 +0000612 PyObject *m, *about;
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +0000613
614 m = Py_InitModule3("_heapq", heapq_methods, module_doc);
Neal Norwitz1ac754f2006-01-19 06:09:39 +0000615 if (m == NULL)
616 return;
Neal Norwitzc1786ea2007-08-23 23:58:43 +0000617 about = PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(__about__, strlen(__about__), NULL);
618 PyModule_AddObject(m, "__about__", about);
Raymond Hettingerc46cb2a2004-04-19 19:06:21 +0000619}
620