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Documentation of class 'Set':

Class: Set

Inheritance
Description
Class protocol
Instance protocol
Private classes

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--Collection
      |
      +--Set
         |
         +--Dictionary
         |
         +--IdentitySet
         |
         +--OrderedSet
         |
         +--PluggableSet

Package:: stx:libbasic

Category:: Collections-Unordered

Version:: rev: 1.179 date: 2024/04/24 09:00:37; user: cg; file: Set.st directory: libbasic; module: stx stc-classLibrary: libbasic

Description:

a Set is a collection where each element occurs at most once.
The inclusion test is done using equality (=) for comparison; 
see IdentitySet for sets using identity compare.
Keep in mind, that a regular Set therefore treats 3.0 and 3 as equal
and therefore:
    (Set with:3.0) includes:3
will return true (since 3.0 and 3 are equal).
In contrast, an IdentitySet will return false, because 3.0 and 3 are not
identical.

Sets use hashing for fast access, this access is considerably faster,
if a good hash-number is returned by the elements.

Notice that the default hash (Object>>hash) is not perfect; due to
the implementation of hash-keys in ST/X, increased hash collisions
are to be expected for large sets (say: > 20000 element). 
If your objects are heavyly used in sets or dictionaries, and you need
big collections, your instances may provide a better hash values.

Performance hints: 
  If only symbols or smallIntegers are used as keys, 
  use an instance of IdentitySet for slightly better performance, 
  since both hashing and comparison is faster.

  If you have a rough idea how big the set is going to grow,
  create it using #new: instead of #new. Even if the size given is a
  poor guess (say half of the real size), there is some 20-30% performance
  win to expect, since many resizing operations of the set are avoided
  (resizing is expensive, as the set does a rehash).

Examples:

    |s|
    s := Set new.
    s add:'hello'.
    s add:'world'.
    s add:#foo.
    s add:1.2345678.
    s add:'hello'.

    s printCR.
    's size -> ' print. s size printCR.
    '(s includes:''hello'') -> ' print. (s includes:'hello') printCR.
    '(s includes:#foo)    -> ' print. (s includes:#foo) printCR.
    '(s includes:''foo'')   -> ' print. (s includes:'foo') printCR.
    '(s includes:#bar)    -> ' print. (s includes:#bar) printCR.

copyrightCOPYRIGHT (c) 1991 by Claus Gittinger
             All Rights Reserved

This software is furnished under a license and may be used
only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
hereby transferred.

Class protocol:

initialization

initialize

initialize the Set class

Usage example(s):

        Set initialize

instance creation

decodeFromLiteralArray: anArray: create & return a new instance from information encoded in anArray.
new: return a new empty Set
new: anInteger: return a new empty Set with space for anInteger elements
newWithCapacity: size: return a new empty Collection with capacity for n elements.

queries

goodSizeFrom: arg: return a good array size for the given argument.
Returns the next prime after arg, since prime sizes are good for hashing.

utilities

rehashAllSubInstances

rehash all sets & dictionaries.
Useful utility if hash/identityHash method was changed
of some object which is known to be kept in a set

Usage example(s):

     Set rehashAllSubInstances

Instance protocol:

Compatibility-ST80

initialIndexFor: hashKey boundedBy: length: for ST-80 compatibility only; it is (currently) not used in this
implementation of sets. Therefore, in ST/X it does not make sense
to redefine it. (which may be a bad design decision, but slightly
improves performance, by avoiding an extra message send ...)

Compatibility-Squeak

flatCollect: aBlock
( an extension from the stx:libcompat package )

Evaluate aBlock for each of the receiver's elements and answer the
list of all resulting values flatten one level.
Assumes that aBlock returns some kind of collection for each element.
Equivalent to the lisp's mapcan,
Notice that this is different from gather, which recurses deeper into elements.

Usage example(s):

     #((1 2) (3 4) (5 6) (7 8 (9))) flatCollect:[:el | el]  

     #((1 2) (3 4) (5 6) (7 8) (9)) gather:[:el | el]

like: anObject

Answer an object in the receiver that is equal to anObject,
nil if no such object is found.
Relies heavily on hash properties (i.e. that two object's hashes are equal
if the two object compare equal)

Usage example(s):

     (Set withAll:#(10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0)) like:20

accessing

addFirst: anObject: add the argument, anObject to the receiver.
If the receiver is ordered, the new element will be added at the beginning.
An error is raised here - it does not make sense for unordered collections
at: index: report an error: at: is not allowed for Sets
at: index put: anObject: report an error: at:put: is not allowed for Sets
elementAt: anObject: return the element, if contained in the set.
If there is none, report an error.
This may seem confusing at first - however, it is useful with
non-identitysets, to find an existing element, for a
given equal (but not identical) object.
This is the same functionality as provided by the goodies/KeyedSet goody.
Notice, that for dictionary sub-instances, the equal key is returned
elementAt: anObject ifAbsent: exceptionBlock: return the element, if contained in the set.
If there is none, return the result from evaluating exceptionBlock.
This may seem confusing at first - however, it is useful with
non-identitysets, to find an existing element, for a
given equal (but not identical) object.
This is the same functionality as provided by the goodies/KeyedSet goody.
Notice, that for dictionary sub-instances, the equal key is returned
removeLast: remove the last element from the receiver.
Return the removed element.
An error is raised here - it does not make sense for unordered collections
reverseDo: aBlock: evaluate the argument, aBlock for each element in reverse order.
An error is raised here - it does not make sense for unordered collections

adding & removing

add: anElement

Add the argument, anElement to the receiver (if not already included).
Return the added element.

WARNING: do not add elements while iterating over the receiver.
Iterate over a copy to do this.

addOrReplace: anObject

add the argument, anObject to the receiver.
If it is already included, replace it by anObject.
Return nil, if anObject was not present in the receiver,
otherwise the element that has been replaced.
Notice: this sounds like a useless operation, but because sets compare by equality,
the old object may be replaced by another object when equeal, but not identical.
For example, a string by a symbol or a float by an integer...

WARNING: do not add elements while iterating over the receiver.
Iterate over a copy to do this.

Usage example(s):

        Note that 1 is replaced by 1.0:

        self new 
                addOrReplace:1;
                addOrReplace:2;
                addOrReplace:nil;
                addOrReplace:1.0;
                yourself

clearContents

remove all elements from the receiver, but do not resize the underlying keyArray.
Returns the receiver.
Similar to removeAll, but might behave better,
if the receiver is to be filled again afterwards.

remove: oldObjectArg ifAbsent: exceptionBlock

remove the first occurrence of oldObject from the collection and return it.
If it was not in the collection return the value of exceptionBlock.
Notice, that the returned object could be non-identical to the argument
(although it will always be equal).

WARNING: do not remove elements while iterating over the receiver.
See #safeRemove: to do this.

removeAll

remove all elements from the receiver and resize (shrink) the underlying container.
Returns the receiver.
Similar to clearContents, which but might behave better,
if the receiver is to be filled again afterwards.

Usage example(s):

     self new removeAll capacity

removeIdentical: oldObjectArg ifAbsent: exceptionBlock

remove oldObject from the collection and return it.
If it was not in the collection return the value of exceptionBlock.
Uses identity compare (==) to search for an occurrence.

WARNING: do not remove elements while iterating over the receiver.
See #safeRemoveIdentical:ifAbsent: to do this.

replaceAll: oldObject with: newObject

replace all oldObjects by newObject in the receiver.

safeRemove: oldObject

remove the element, oldObject from the collection.
Return the element
(could be non-identical to oldObject, since I hash on equality, not on identity).
If it was not in the collection return nil.

In contrast to #remove:, this does not resize the underlying collection
and therefore does NOT rehash & change the elements order.
Therefor this can be used while enumerating the receiver,
which is not possible if #remove: is used.

WARNING: since no resizing is done, the physical amount of memory used
by the container remains the same, although the logical size shrinks.
You may want to manually resize the receiver using #emptyCheck.
(after the loop)

safeRemove: oldObjectArg ifAbsent: exceptionValueProvider

remove the element, oldObject from the collection.
Return the element
(could be non-identical to oldObject, since I hash on equality, not on identity).
If it was not in the collection return the value of exceptionValueProvider.

In contrast to #remove:, this does not resize the underlying collection
and therefore does NOT rehash & change the elements order.
Therefore this can be used while enumerating the receiver,
which is not possible if #remove: is used.

WARNING: since no resizing is done, the physical amount of memory used
by the container remains the same, although the logical size shrinks.
You may want to manually resize the receiver using #emptyCheck.
(after the loop)

safeRemoveIdentical: oldObjectArg ifAbsent: exceptionBlock

remove the element, oldObject from the collection.
Return the element
If it was not in the collection return the value of exceptionValueProvider.

In contrast to #remove:, this does not resize the underlying collection
and therefore does NOT rehash & change the elements order.
Therefore this can be used while enumerating the receiver,
which is not possible if #remove: is used.

WARNING: since no resizing is done, the physical amount of memory used
by the container remains the same, although the logical size shrinks.
You may want to manually resize the receiver using #emptyCheck.
(after the loop)

saveRemove: oldObject

bad spelling - kept for backward compatibility (2014-06-04)

** This is an obsolete interface - do not use it (it may vanish in future versions) **

saveRemove: oldObjectArg ifAbsent: exceptionValueProvider

bad spelling - kept for backward compatibility (2014-06-04)

** This is an obsolete interface - do not use it (it may vanish in future versions) **

testAndAdd: keyArg

Test, if the element is present in the receiver.
Answer true, if the element was already in the collection, false otherwise.
If the element does not exist, add it to the collection.
This saves an extra #findKeyOrNil: search against sending #includes: and add:.

WARNING: do not add elements while iterating over the receiver.
Iterate over a copy to do this.

comparing

= anObject

return true, if the argument is a Set containing the same elements
as I do

Usage example(s):

     #(1 2 3 4 5) asSet = #(2 3 4 5 1) asSet
     #(nil 1 2 3 4 5) asSet = #(2 3 4 5 1) asSet
     #(1 2 3 4 5) asSet = #(2 3 4 5 1.0) asSet 
     #(1 2 3 4 5) asSet = #(2 3 4 5 'one') asSet

Usage example(s):

     |d1 d2|

     d1 := Dictionary new.
     d2 := Dictionary new.
     d1 at:1 put:'one'.
     d1 at:'one' put:1.
     d1 at:2 put:#two.
     d1 at:1 put:'one'.
     d1 at:'one' put:1.
     d1 at:2 put:#two.

     d2 at:1 put:'one'.
     d2 at:'one' put:1.
     d2 at:2 put:#two.
     d2 at:1 put:'one'.
     d2 at:'one' put:1.
     d2 at:2 put:#two.
     d1 = d2

Usage example(s):

     |d1 d2|

     d1 := Dictionary new.
     d2 := Dictionary new.
     d1 at:1 put:'uno'.
     d1 at:'one' put:1.
     d1 at:2 put:#two.
     d1 at:1 put:'one'.
     d1 at:'one' put:1.
     d1 at:2 put:#two.

     d2 at:1 put:'one'.
     d2 at:'one' put:1.
     d2 at:2 put:#two.
     d2 at:1 put:'one'.
     d2 at:'one' put:1.
     d2 at:2 put:#two.
     d1 = d2

hash

return a hash key for the receiver

Usage example(s):

this hash is stupid - but for larger collections, the hashing
     time can become much bigger than the time lost in added probing.
     Time will show ...
     Notice & warning:
        if the #= method is ever changed to compare non-dictionaries equal,
        the code below must be changed to assert that the same hash-value is
        still returned.
        (which may be hard to accomplish)

Usage example(s):

     |d|

     d := Dictionary new.
     d at:1 put:'one'.
     d at:'one' put:1.
     d at:2 put:#two.
     d at:'two' put:2.
     d hash

Usage example(s):

     |d|

     d := Dictionary new.
     d at:1 put:'uno'.
     d at:'one' put:1.
     d at:2 put:#two.
     d at:'two' put:2.
     d hash

converting

asNewSet

make sure to return a unique new set

Usage example(s):

    |s|
    s := #(1 2 3 4) asSet.
    self assert:(s ~~ s asNewSet).
    self assert:(s = s asNewSet).

asSet

return the receiver as a Set

copying-private

postCopy: have to copy the keyArray too

enumerating

do: aBlock

perform the block for all members in the collection.
Notice: the order of evaluation is not defined (and may appear random, actually)
WARNING: do not add/remove elements while iterating over the receiver.
Iterate over a copy to do this.

keysAndValuesCollect: aTwoArgBlock

for each key-value pair in the receiver, evaluate the argument, aBlock
and return a collection with the results.

See also:
#associationsCollect: (which passes keys->value pairs)
#collect: (which only passes values)

This is much like #associationsCollect:, but aBlock gets the
key and value as two separate arguments.
#associationsCollect: is a bit slower.

WARNING: do not add/remove elements while iterating over the receiver.
Iterate over a copy to do this.

Usage example(s):

        #(1 2 3) keysAndValuesCollect:[:k :v|
            e'key: {k} value: {v}'.
        ].

       |ages|

       ages := Dictionary new
                    at:'cg' put:37;
                    at:'ca' put:33;
                    at:'sv' put:36;
                    at:'tk' put:28;
                    yourself.
       ages keysAndValuesCollect:[:name :age | 
                  name , '''s age is ' , age printString]

initialization

initialize: this is defined to make 'self basicNew initialize' in subclasses work
initializeForCapacity: minSize: initialize the contents array (for at least minSize slots)
and set tally to zero.
The size is increased to the next prime for better hashing behavior.

misc ui support

inspectorClass
( an extension from the stx:libtool package ): redefined to use SetInspector
(instead of the default Inspector).

obsolete set operations

+ aCollection: Kept for backward compatibility.
Use #union: instead, to isolate arithmethic and set operations

** This is an obsolete interface - do not use it (it may vanish in future versions) **
- aCollection: Kept for backward compatibility.
Use #\ instead, to isolate arithmethic and set operations

** This is an obsolete interface - do not use it (it may vanish in future versions) **

private

find: key ifAbsent: aBlock: Look for the key in the receiver. If it is found, return
the index of the slot containing the key, otherwise
return the value of evaluating aBlock.
findIdentical: key ifAbsent: aBlock: Look for the key in the receiver. If it is found, return
the index of the slot containing the key, otherwise
return the value of evaluating aBlock.
findKeyOrNil: key: Look for the key in the receiver.
If it is found, return the index of the first unused slot.
Grow the receiver, if key was not found, and no unused slots were present

Warning: an empty slot MUST be filled by the sender - it is only to be sent
by at:put: / add: - like methods.
findKeyOrNilOrDeletedEntry: key: Look for the key in the receiver.
If it is found, return the index of the first unused slot.
Grow the receiver, if key was not found, and no unused slots were present.
The answer is the index into the keyArray where the (keyArray at:index)
may contain:
nil - an empty slot
DeletedEntry - an empty slot, but preceeded and followed by non-empty
slots with keys hashing to the same value (hash collisions)
key - key is already present in the slot.
findNil: key: Look for the next slot usable for key.
WARNING:
This method assumes that key is not already in the receiver
AND that keyArray does not have previously removed entries
AND that there is an empty slot.
To be used ONLY while growing/rehashing to enter elements into a fresh
collection - if any of the above conditions is not met, the method
loops forever.
hashFor: aKey: return the arguments hash value.
Redefined in subclasses, which use a different comparison (i.e. identity compare)
initialIndexForKey: aKey: return an initial index given a key.
keyArray
keyContainerOfSize: n: return a container for keys of size n.
Extracted to make life of weak subclasses easier ...
rehash: rehash is done by re-adding all elements to a new empty set.
Rehash is needed after a binaryRead, for example.

private-grow & shrink

grow

change the number of element slots of the collection to a useful
new size

Usage example(s):

     (self new:300) capacity
     (self new:600) capacity
     (self new:300) grow capacity

grow: newSize

change the number of element slots of the collection - to do this,
we have to rehash (which is done by re-adding all elements to a new
empty set).

possiblyGrow

check if collection is full (after an add); grow if so.
Definition of 'full' is currently: 'filled more than 75% (i.e. 3/4th)'

possiblyShrink

check if the receiver has become too empty (after a remove)
and shrink if it makes sense.
Definition of 'too empty' is: 'filled less than 12.5% (i.e. 1/8th)'

shrinkToZero

the tally went down to zero.
throw away any big container and start anew.

Usage example(s):

      (Set new:50) shrinkToZero capacity

queries

capacity

return the number of elements, that the receiver is prepared to take w.o. resizing.
Notice, that Sets do automatically resize as required,
so knowing the capacity is of no real use.

collisionCount

return the number of key collisions in the set.
There is a collision if two keys hash to the same value.

Usage example(s):

      self allSubInstances 
          collect:[:each| each collisionCount -> each] 
          thenSelect:[:each| each key > 0]

collisionsFor: key

Return the number of searches - 1 required for key

includes: anObject

return true if the argument anObject is in the receiver

isEmpty

return true if the receiver is empty

isEmptyOrNil

return true if the receiver is empty

maxChainLength

return the number of the maximum chain length in the set.
This is the worst case overhead when accessing a key.

notEmpty

return true if the receiver is not empty

notEmptyOrNil

return true if the receiver is not empty

occurrencesOf: anObject

return the number of occurrences of anObject in the receiver.
As I am a Set, this can only return 0 or 1.

size

return the number of set elements

searching

findFirst: aBlock ifNone: exceptionValue: find the index of the first element, for which evaluation of the argument, aBlock returns true;
return its index or the value from exceptionValue if none detected.
This is much like #detect:ifNone:, however, here an INDEX is returned,
while #detect:ifNone: returns the element.

Sets do not have indices.
findLast: aBlock ifNone: exceptionValue: Sets do not have indices.

testing

isFixedSize: return true if the receiver cannot grow - this will vanish once
Arrays and Strings learn how to grow ...
isOrdered: return true, if the receiver's elements are ordered.
Redefined to return false here, because the order of keys (and values in dictionaries)
may change due to rehashing, when elements are added/removed

visiting

acceptVisitor: aVisitor with: aParameter: dispatch for visitor pattern; send #visitSet:with: to aVisitor.

Private classes:

    EmptySlot
    NilKey

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