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	Clean-up names of static functions. Use Py_RETURN_NONE macro. Expose private functions needed to support merge(). Move C imports to the bottom of the Python file.
		
			
				
	
	
		
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/* Drop in replacement for heapq.py
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C implementation derived directly from heapq.py in Py2.3
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which was written by Kevin O'Connor, augmented by Tim Peters,
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annotated by François Pinard, and converted to C by Raymond Hettinger.
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*/
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#include "Python.h"
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static int
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siftdown(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t startpos, Py_ssize_t pos)
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{
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    PyObject *newitem, *parent;
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    Py_ssize_t parentpos, size;
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    int cmp;
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    assert(PyList_Check(heap));
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    size = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
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    if (pos >= size) {
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        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
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        return -1;
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    }
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    /* Follow the path to the root, moving parents down until finding
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       a place newitem fits. */
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    newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
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    while (pos > startpos) {
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        parentpos = (pos - 1) >> 1;
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        parent = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, parentpos);
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        cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(newitem, parent, Py_LT);
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        if (cmp == -1)
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            return -1;
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        if (size != PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) {
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            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
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                            "list changed size during iteration");
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            return -1;
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        }
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        if (cmp == 0)
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            break;
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        parent = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, parentpos);
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        newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
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        PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, parentpos, newitem);
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        PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, parent);
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        pos = parentpos;
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    }
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    return 0;
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}
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static int
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siftup(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t pos)
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{
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    Py_ssize_t startpos, endpos, childpos, rightpos, limit;
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    PyObject *tmp1, *tmp2;
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    int cmp;
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    assert(PyList_Check(heap));
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    endpos = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
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    startpos = pos;
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    if (pos >= endpos) {
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        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
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        return -1;
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    }
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    /* Bubble up the smaller child until hitting a leaf. */
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    limit = endpos / 2;          /* smallest pos that has no child */
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    while (pos < limit) {
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        /* Set childpos to index of smaller child.   */
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        childpos = 2*pos + 1;    /* leftmost child position  */
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        rightpos = childpos + 1;
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        if (rightpos < endpos) {
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            cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(
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                PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos),
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                PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, rightpos),
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                Py_LT);
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            if (cmp == -1)
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                return -1;
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            if (cmp == 0)
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                childpos = rightpos;
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            if (endpos != PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) {
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                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
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                                "list changed size during iteration");
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                return -1;
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            }
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        }
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        /* Move the smaller child up. */
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        tmp1 = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos);
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        tmp2 = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
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        PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, childpos, tmp2);
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        PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, tmp1);
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        pos = childpos;
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    }
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    /* Bubble it up to its final resting place (by sifting its parents down). */
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    return siftdown(heap, startpos, pos);
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}
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static PyObject *
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heappush(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
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{
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    PyObject *heap, *item;
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    if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "heappush", 2, 2, &heap, &item))
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        return NULL;
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    if (!PyList_Check(heap)) {
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        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list");
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        return NULL;
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    }
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    if (PyList_Append(heap, item) == -1)
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        return NULL;
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    if (siftdown((PyListObject *)heap, 0, PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)-1) == -1)
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        return NULL;
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    Py_RETURN_NONE;
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}
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PyDoc_STRVAR(heappush_doc,
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"heappush(heap, item) -> None. Push item onto heap, maintaining the heap invariant.");
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static PyObject *
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heappop_internal(PyObject *heap, int siftup_func(PyListObject *, Py_ssize_t))
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{
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    PyObject *lastelt, *returnitem;
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    Py_ssize_t n;
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    if (!PyList_Check(heap)) {
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        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list");
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        return NULL;
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    }
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    /* raises IndexError if the heap is empty */
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    n = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
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    if (n == 0) {
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        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
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        return NULL;
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    }
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    lastelt = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, n-1) ;
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    Py_INCREF(lastelt);
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    if (PyList_SetSlice(heap, n-1, n, NULL) < 0) {
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        Py_DECREF(lastelt);
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        return NULL;
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    }
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    n--;
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    if (!n)
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        return lastelt;
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    returnitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0);
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    PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, 0, lastelt);
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    if (siftup_func((PyListObject *)heap, 0) == -1) {
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        Py_DECREF(returnitem);
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        return NULL;
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    }
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    return returnitem;
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}
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static PyObject *
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heappop(PyObject *self, PyObject *heap)
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{
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    return heappop_internal(heap, siftup);
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}
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PyDoc_STRVAR(heappop_doc,
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"Pop the smallest item off the heap, maintaining the heap invariant.");
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static PyObject *
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heapreplace_internal(PyObject *args, int siftup_func(PyListObject *, Py_ssize_t))
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{
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    PyObject *heap, *item, *returnitem;
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    if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "heapreplace", 2, 2, &heap, &item))
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        return NULL;
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    if (!PyList_Check(heap)) {
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        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list");
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        return NULL;
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    }
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    if (PyList_GET_SIZE(heap) < 1) {
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        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
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        return NULL;
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    }
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    returnitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0);
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    Py_INCREF(item);
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    PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, 0, item);
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    if (siftup_func((PyListObject *)heap, 0) == -1) {
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        Py_DECREF(returnitem);
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        return NULL;
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    }
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    return returnitem;
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}
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static PyObject *
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heapreplace(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
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{
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    return heapreplace_internal(args, siftup);
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}
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PyDoc_STRVAR(heapreplace_doc,
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"heapreplace(heap, item) -> value. Pop and return the current smallest value, and add the new item.\n\
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\n\
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This is more efficient than heappop() followed by heappush(), and can be\n\
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more appropriate when using a fixed-size heap.  Note that the value\n\
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returned may be larger than item!  That constrains reasonable uses of\n\
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this routine unless written as part of a conditional replacement:\n\n\
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    if item > heap[0]:\n\
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        item = heapreplace(heap, item)\n");
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static PyObject *
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heappushpop(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
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{
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    PyObject *heap, *item, *returnitem;
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    int cmp;
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    if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "heappushpop", 2, 2, &heap, &item))
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        return NULL;
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    if (!PyList_Check(heap)) {
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        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list");
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        return NULL;
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    }
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    if (PyList_GET_SIZE(heap) < 1) {
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        Py_INCREF(item);
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        return item;
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    }
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    cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0), item, Py_LT);
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    if (cmp == -1)
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        return NULL;
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    if (cmp == 0) {
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        Py_INCREF(item);
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        return item;
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    }
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    returnitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0);
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    Py_INCREF(item);
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    PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, 0, item);
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    if (siftup((PyListObject *)heap, 0) == -1) {
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        Py_DECREF(returnitem);
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        return NULL;
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    }
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    return returnitem;
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}
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PyDoc_STRVAR(heappushpop_doc,
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"heappushpop(heap, item) -> value. Push item on the heap, then pop and return the smallest item\n\
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from the heap. The combined action runs more efficiently than\n\
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heappush() followed by a separate call to heappop().");
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static PyObject *
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heapify_internal(PyObject *heap, int siftup_func(PyListObject *, Py_ssize_t))
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{
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    Py_ssize_t i, n;
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    if (!PyList_Check(heap)) {
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        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list");
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        return NULL;
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    }
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    n = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
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    /* Transform bottom-up.  The largest index there's any point to
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       looking at is the largest with a child index in-range, so must
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       have 2*i + 1 < n, or i < (n-1)/2.  If n is even = 2*j, this is
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       (2*j-1)/2 = j-1/2 so j-1 is the largest, which is n//2 - 1.  If
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       n is odd = 2*j+1, this is (2*j+1-1)/2 = j so j-1 is the largest,
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       and that's again n//2-1.
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    */
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    for (i=n/2-1 ; i>=0 ; i--)
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        if(siftup_func((PyListObject *)heap, i) == -1)
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            return NULL;
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    Py_RETURN_NONE;
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}
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static PyObject *
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heapify(PyObject *self, PyObject *heap)
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{
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    return heapify_internal(heap, siftup);
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}
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PyDoc_STRVAR(heapify_doc,
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"Transform list into a heap, in-place, in O(len(heap)) time.");
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static int
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siftdown_max(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t startpos, Py_ssize_t pos)
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{
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    PyObject *newitem, *parent;
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    Py_ssize_t parentpos, size;
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    int cmp;
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    assert(PyList_Check(heap));
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    size = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
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    if (pos >= size) {
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        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
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        return -1;
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    }
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    /* Follow the path to the root, moving parents down until finding
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       a place newitem fits. */
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    newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
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    while (pos > startpos) {
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        parentpos = (pos - 1) >> 1;
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        parent = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, parentpos);
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        cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(parent, newitem, Py_LT);
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        if (cmp == -1)
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            return -1;
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        if (size != PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) {
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            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
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                            "list changed size during iteration");
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            return -1;
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        }
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        if (cmp == 0)
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            break;
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        parent = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, parentpos);
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        newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
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        PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, parentpos, newitem);
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        PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, parent);
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        pos = parentpos;
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    }
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    return 0;
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}
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static int
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siftup_max(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t pos)
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{
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    Py_ssize_t startpos, endpos, childpos, rightpos, limit;
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    PyObject *tmp1, *tmp2;
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    int cmp;
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    assert(PyList_Check(heap));
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    endpos = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
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    startpos = pos;
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    if (pos >= endpos) {
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        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
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        return -1;
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    }
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    /* Bubble up the smaller child until hitting a leaf. */
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    limit = endpos / 2;          /* smallest pos that has no child */
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    while (pos < limit) {
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        /* Set childpos to index of smaller child.   */
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        childpos = 2*pos + 1;    /* leftmost child position  */
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        rightpos = childpos + 1;
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        if (rightpos < endpos) {
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            cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(
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                PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, rightpos),
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                PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos),
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                Py_LT);
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            if (cmp == -1)
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                return -1;
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            if (cmp == 0)
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                childpos = rightpos;
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            if (endpos != PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) {
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                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
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                                "list changed size during iteration");
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                return -1;
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            }
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        }
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        /* Move the smaller child up. */
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        tmp1 = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos);
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        tmp2 = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
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        PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, childpos, tmp2);
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        PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, tmp1);
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        pos = childpos;
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    }
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    /* Bubble it up to its final resting place (by sifting its parents down). */
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    return siftdown_max(heap, startpos, pos);
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}
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static PyObject *
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heappop_max(PyObject *self, PyObject *heap)
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{
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    return heappop_internal(heap, siftup_max);
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}
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PyDoc_STRVAR(heappop_max_doc, "Maxheap variant of heappop.");
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static PyObject *
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heapreplace_max(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
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{
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    return heapreplace_internal(args, siftup_max);
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}
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PyDoc_STRVAR(heapreplace_max_doc, "Maxheap variant of heapreplace");
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static PyObject *
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heapify_max(PyObject *self, PyObject *heap)
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{
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    return heapify_internal(heap, siftup_max);
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}
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PyDoc_STRVAR(heapify_max_doc, "Maxheap variant of heapify.");
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static PyMethodDef heapq_methods[] = {
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    {"heappush",        (PyCFunction)heappush,
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        METH_VARARGS,           heappush_doc},
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    {"heappushpop",     (PyCFunction)heappushpop,
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        METH_VARARGS,           heappushpop_doc},
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    {"heappop",         (PyCFunction)heappop,
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        METH_O,                 heappop_doc},
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    {"heapreplace",     (PyCFunction)heapreplace,
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        METH_VARARGS,           heapreplace_doc},
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    {"heapify",         (PyCFunction)heapify,
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        METH_O,                 heapify_doc},
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    {"_heappop_max",    (PyCFunction)heappop_max,
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        METH_O,                 heappop_max_doc},
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    {"_heapreplace_max",(PyCFunction)heapreplace_max,
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        METH_VARARGS,           heapreplace_max_doc},
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    {"_heapify_max",    (PyCFunction)heapify_max,
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        METH_O,                 heapify_max_doc},
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    {NULL,              NULL}           /* sentinel */
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};
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PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
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"Heap queue algorithm (a.k.a. priority queue).\n\
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\n\
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Heaps are arrays for which a[k] <= a[2*k+1] and a[k] <= a[2*k+2] for\n\
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all k, counting elements from 0.  For the sake of comparison,\n\
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non-existing elements are considered to be infinite.  The interesting\n\
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property of a heap is that a[0] is always its smallest element.\n\
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\n\
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Usage:\n\
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\n\
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heap = []            # creates an empty heap\n\
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heappush(heap, item) # pushes a new item on the heap\n\
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item = heappop(heap) # pops the smallest item from the heap\n\
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item = heap[0]       # smallest item on the heap without popping it\n\
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heapify(x)           # transforms list into a heap, in-place, in linear time\n\
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item = heapreplace(heap, item) # pops and returns smallest item, and adds\n\
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                               # new item; the heap size is unchanged\n\
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\n\
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Our API differs from textbook heap algorithms as follows:\n\
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\n\
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- We use 0-based indexing.  This makes the relationship between the\n\
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  index for a node and the indexes for its children slightly less\n\
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  obvious, but is more suitable since Python uses 0-based indexing.\n\
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\n\
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- Our heappop() method returns the smallest item, not the largest.\n\
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\n\
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These two make it possible to view the heap as a regular Python list\n\
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without surprises: heap[0] is the smallest item, and heap.sort()\n\
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maintains the heap invariant!\n");
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PyDoc_STRVAR(__about__,
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"Heap queues\n\
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\n\
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[explanation by Fran\xc3\xa7ois Pinard]\n\
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\n\
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Heaps are arrays for which a[k] <= a[2*k+1] and a[k] <= a[2*k+2] for\n\
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all k, counting elements from 0.  For the sake of comparison,\n\
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non-existing elements are considered to be infinite.  The interesting\n\
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property of a heap is that a[0] is always its smallest element.\n"
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"\n\
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The strange invariant above is meant to be an efficient memory\n\
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representation for a tournament.  The numbers below are `k', not a[k]:\n\
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\n\
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                                   0\n\
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\n\
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                  1                                 2\n\
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\n\
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          3               4                5               6\n\
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\n\
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      7       8       9       10      11      12      13      14\n\
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\n\
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    15 16   17 18   19 20   21 22   23 24   25 26   27 28   29 30\n\
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\n\
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\n\
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In the tree above, each cell `k' is topping `2*k+1' and `2*k+2'.  In\n\
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an usual binary tournament we see in sports, each cell is the winner\n\
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						|
over the two cells it tops, and we can trace the winner down the tree\n\
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						|
to see all opponents s/he had.  However, in many computer applications\n\
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of such tournaments, we do not need to trace the history of a winner.\n\
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						|
To be more memory efficient, when a winner is promoted, we try to\n\
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						|
replace it by something else at a lower level, and the rule becomes\n\
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						|
that a cell and the two cells it tops contain three different items,\n\
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						|
but the top cell \"wins\" over the two topped cells.\n"
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"\n\
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If this heap invariant is protected at all time, index 0 is clearly\n\
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						|
the overall winner.  The simplest algorithmic way to remove it and\n\
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						|
find the \"next\" winner is to move some loser (let's say cell 30 in the\n\
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						|
diagram above) into the 0 position, and then percolate this new 0 down\n\
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						|
the tree, exchanging values, until the invariant is re-established.\n\
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						|
This is clearly logarithmic on the total number of items in the tree.\n\
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						|
By iterating over all items, you get an O(n ln n) sort.\n"
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"\n\
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						|
A nice feature of this sort is that you can efficiently insert new\n\
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						|
items while the sort is going on, provided that the inserted items are\n\
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						|
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\
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						|
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"
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						|
"\n\
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						|
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\
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						|
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");
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
static struct PyModuleDef _heapqmodule = {
 | 
						|
    PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
 | 
						|
    "_heapq",
 | 
						|
    module_doc,
 | 
						|
    -1,
 | 
						|
    heapq_methods,
 | 
						|
    NULL,
 | 
						|
    NULL,
 | 
						|
    NULL,
 | 
						|
    NULL
 | 
						|
};
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
PyMODINIT_FUNC
 | 
						|
PyInit__heapq(void)
 | 
						|
{
 | 
						|
    PyObject *m, *about;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    m = PyModule_Create(&_heapqmodule);
 | 
						|
    if (m == NULL)
 | 
						|
        return NULL;
 | 
						|
    about = PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(__about__, strlen(__about__), NULL);
 | 
						|
    PyModule_AddObject(m, "__about__", about);
 | 
						|
    return m;
 | 
						|
}
 | 
						|
 |