On Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 02:06:29AM -0400, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Any chance something like this could make it into the standard python library? It would save a lot of time for lazy people like myself. :-)
I have read (or at least skimmed) this entire thread now. After I reconstructed the algorithm in my head, I went back to Kevin's code; I admire the compactness of his code. I believe that this would make a good addition to the standard library, as a friend of the bisect module.
Thanks!
The only change I would make would be to make heap[0] the lowest value rather than the highest.
I agree this appears more natural, but a priority queue that pops the lowest priority item is a bit odd.
I propose to call it heapq.py. (Got a better name? Now or never.)
[*] Afterthought: this could be made into an new-style class by adding something like this to the end of module:
Looks good to me. Thanks again, -Kevin -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Kevin O'Connor "BTW, IMHO we need a FAQ for | | kevin@koconnor.net 'IMHO', 'FAQ', 'BTW', etc. !" | ------------------------------------------------------------------------