zig/lib/std/linked_list.zig

const std = @import("std.zig");
const debug = std.debug;
const assert = debug.assert;
const testing = std.testing;
const mem = std.mem;
const Allocator = mem.Allocator;

/// A singly-linked list is headed by a single forward pointer. The elements
/// are singly linked for minimum space and pointer manipulation overhead at
/// the expense of O(n) removal for arbitrary elements. New elements can be
/// added to the list after an existing element or at the head of the list.
/// A singly-linked list may only be traversed in the forward direction.
/// Singly-linked lists are ideal for applications with large datasets and
/// few or no removals or for implementing a LIFO queue.
pub fn SinglyLinkedList(comptime T: type) type {
    return struct {
        const Self = @This();

        /// Node inside the linked list wrapping the actual data.
        pub const Node = struct {
            next: ?*Node = null,
            data: T,

            pub const Data = T;

            /// Insert a new node after the current one.
            ///
            /// Arguments:
            ///     new_node: Pointer to the new node to insert.
            pub fn insertAfter(node: *Node, new_node: *Node) void {
                new_node.next = node.next;
                node.next = new_node;
            }

            /// Remove a node from the list.
            ///
            /// Arguments:
            ///     node: Pointer to the node to be removed.
            /// Returns:
            ///     node removed
            pub fn removeNext(node: *Node) ?*Node {
                const next_node = node.next orelse return null;
                node.next = next_node.next;
                return next_node;
            }

            /// Iterate over the singly-linked list from this node, until the final node is found.
            /// This operation is O(N).
            pub fn findLast(node: *Node) *Node {
                var it = node;
                while (true) {
                    it = it.next orelse return it;
                }
            }

            /// Iterate over each next node, returning the count of all nodes except the starting one.
            /// This operation is O(N).
            pub fn countChildren(node: *const Node) usize {
                var count: usize = 0;
                var it: ?*const Node = node.next;
                while (it) |n| : (it = n.next) {
                    count += 1;
                }
                return count;
            }
        };

        first: ?*Node = null,

        /// Insert a new node at the head.
        ///
        /// Arguments:
        ///     new_node: Pointer to the new node to insert.
        pub fn prepend(list: *Self, new_node: *Node) void {
            new_node.next = list.first;
            list.first = new_node;
        }

        /// Remove a node from the list.
        ///
        /// Arguments:
        ///     node: Pointer to the node to be removed.
        pub fn remove(list: *Self, node: *Node) void {
            if (list.first == node) {
                list.first = node.next;
            } else {
                var current_elm = list.first.?;
                while (current_elm.next != node) {
                    current_elm = current_elm.next.?;
                }
                current_elm.next = node.next;
            }
        }

        /// Remove and return the first node in the list.
        ///
        /// Returns:
        ///     A pointer to the first node in the list.
        pub fn popFirst(list: *Self) ?*Node {
            const first = list.first orelse return null;
            list.first = first.next;
            return first;
        }

        /// Iterate over all nodes, returning the count.
        /// This operation is O(N).
        pub fn len(list: Self) usize {
            if (list.first) |n| {
                return 1 + n.countChildren();
            } else {
                return 0;
            }
        }
    };
}

test "basic SinglyLinkedList test" {
    const L = SinglyLinkedList(u32);
    var list = L{};

    try testing.expect(list.len() == 0);

    var one = L.Node{ .data = 1 };
    var two = L.Node{ .data = 2 };
    var three = L.Node{ .data = 3 };
    var four = L.Node{ .data = 4 };
    var five = L.Node{ .data = 5 };

    list.prepend(&two); // {2}
    two.insertAfter(&five); // {2, 5}
    list.prepend(&one); // {1, 2, 5}
    two.insertAfter(&three); // {1, 2, 3, 5}
    three.insertAfter(&four); // {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

    try testing.expect(list.len() == 5);

    // Traverse forwards.
    {
        var it = list.first;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.next) {
            try testing.expect(node.data == index);
            index += 1;
        }
    }

    _ = list.popFirst(); // {2, 3, 4, 5}
    _ = list.remove(&five); // {2, 3, 4}
    _ = two.removeNext(); // {2, 4}

    try testing.expect(list.first.?.data == 2);
    try testing.expect(list.first.?.next.?.data == 4);
    try testing.expect(list.first.?.next.?.next == null);
}

/// A tail queue is headed by a pair of pointers, one to the head of the
/// list and the other to the tail of the list. The elements are doubly
/// linked so that an arbitrary element can be removed without a need to
/// traverse the list. New elements can be added to the list before or
/// after an existing element, at the head of the list, or at the end of
/// the list. A tail queue may be traversed in either direction.
pub fn TailQueue(comptime T: type) type {
    return struct {
        const Self = @This();

        /// Node inside the linked list wrapping the actual data.
        pub const Node = struct {
            prev: ?*Node = null,
            next: ?*Node = null,
            data: T,
        };

        first: ?*Node = null,
        last: ?*Node = null,
        len: usize = 0,

        /// Insert a new node after an existing one.
        ///
        /// Arguments:
        ///     node: Pointer to a node in the list.
        ///     new_node: Pointer to the new node to insert.
        pub fn insertAfter(list: *Self, node: *Node, new_node: *Node) void {
            new_node.prev = node;
            if (node.next) |next_node| {
                // Intermediate node.
                new_node.next = next_node;
                next_node.prev = new_node;
            } else {
                // Last element of the list.
                new_node.next = null;
                list.last = new_node;
            }
            node.next = new_node;

            list.len += 1;
        }

        /// Insert a new node before an existing one.
        ///
        /// Arguments:
        ///     node: Pointer to a node in the list.
        ///     new_node: Pointer to the new node to insert.
        pub fn insertBefore(list: *Self, node: *Node, new_node: *Node) void {
            new_node.next = node;
            if (node.prev) |prev_node| {
                // Intermediate node.
                new_node.prev = prev_node;
                prev_node.next = new_node;
            } else {
                // First element of the list.
                new_node.prev = null;
                list.first = new_node;
            }
            node.prev = new_node;

            list.len += 1;
        }

        /// Concatenate list2 onto the end of list1, removing all entries from the former.
        ///
        /// Arguments:
        ///     list1: the list to concatenate onto
        ///     list2: the list to be concatenated
        pub fn concatByMoving(list1: *Self, list2: *Self) void {
            const l2_first = list2.first orelse return;
            if (list1.last) |l1_last| {
                l1_last.next = list2.first;
                l2_first.prev = list1.last;
                list1.len += list2.len;
            } else {
                // list1 was empty
                list1.first = list2.first;
                list1.len = list2.len;
            }
            list1.last = list2.last;
            list2.first = null;
            list2.last = null;
            list2.len = 0;
        }

        /// Insert a new node at the end of the list.
        ///
        /// Arguments:
        ///     new_node: Pointer to the new node to insert.
        pub fn append(list: *Self, new_node: *Node) void {
            if (list.last) |last| {
                // Insert after last.
                list.insertAfter(last, new_node);
            } else {
                // Empty list.
                list.prepend(new_node);
            }
        }

        /// Insert a new node at the beginning of the list.
        ///
        /// Arguments:
        ///     new_node: Pointer to the new node to insert.
        pub fn prepend(list: *Self, new_node: *Node) void {
            if (list.first) |first| {
                // Insert before first.
                list.insertBefore(first, new_node);
            } else {
                // Empty list.
                list.first = new_node;
                list.last = new_node;
                new_node.prev = null;
                new_node.next = null;

                list.len = 1;
            }
        }

        /// Remove a node from the list.
        ///
        /// Arguments:
        ///     node: Pointer to the node to be removed.
        pub fn remove(list: *Self, node: *Node) void {
            if (node.prev) |prev_node| {
                // Intermediate node.
                prev_node.next = node.next;
            } else {
                // First element of the list.
                list.first = node.next;
            }

            if (node.next) |next_node| {
                // Intermediate node.
                next_node.prev = node.prev;
            } else {
                // Last element of the list.
                list.last = node.prev;
            }

            list.len -= 1;
            assert(list.len == 0 or (list.first != null and list.last != null));
        }

        /// Remove and return the last node in the list.
        ///
        /// Returns:
        ///     A pointer to the last node in the list.
        pub fn pop(list: *Self) ?*Node {
            const last = list.last orelse return null;
            list.remove(last);
            return last;
        }

        /// Remove and return the first node in the list.
        ///
        /// Returns:
        ///     A pointer to the first node in the list.
        pub fn popFirst(list: *Self) ?*Node {
            const first = list.first orelse return null;
            list.remove(first);
            return first;
        }
    };
}

test "basic TailQueue test" {
    const L = TailQueue(u32);
    var list = L{};

    var one = L.Node{ .data = 1 };
    var two = L.Node{ .data = 2 };
    var three = L.Node{ .data = 3 };
    var four = L.Node{ .data = 4 };
    var five = L.Node{ .data = 5 };

    list.append(&two); // {2}
    list.append(&five); // {2, 5}
    list.prepend(&one); // {1, 2, 5}
    list.insertBefore(&five, &four); // {1, 2, 4, 5}
    list.insertAfter(&two, &three); // {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

    // Traverse forwards.
    {
        var it = list.first;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.next) {
            try testing.expect(node.data == index);
            index += 1;
        }
    }

    // Traverse backwards.
    {
        var it = list.last;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.prev) {
            try testing.expect(node.data == (6 - index));
            index += 1;
        }
    }

    _ = list.popFirst(); // {2, 3, 4, 5}
    _ = list.pop(); // {2, 3, 4}
    list.remove(&three); // {2, 4}

    try testing.expect(list.first.?.data == 2);
    try testing.expect(list.last.?.data == 4);
    try testing.expect(list.len == 2);
}

test "TailQueue concatenation" {
    const L = TailQueue(u32);
    var list1 = L{};
    var list2 = L{};

    var one = L.Node{ .data = 1 };
    var two = L.Node{ .data = 2 };
    var three = L.Node{ .data = 3 };
    var four = L.Node{ .data = 4 };
    var five = L.Node{ .data = 5 };

    list1.append(&one);
    list1.append(&two);
    list2.append(&three);
    list2.append(&four);
    list2.append(&five);

    list1.concatByMoving(&list2);

    try testing.expect(list1.last == &five);
    try testing.expect(list1.len == 5);
    try testing.expect(list2.first == null);
    try testing.expect(list2.last == null);
    try testing.expect(list2.len == 0);

    // Traverse forwards.
    {
        var it = list1.first;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.next) {
            try testing.expect(node.data == index);
            index += 1;
        }
    }

    // Traverse backwards.
    {
        var it = list1.last;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.prev) {
            try testing.expect(node.data == (6 - index));
            index += 1;
        }
    }

    // Swap them back, this verifies that concating to an empty list works.
    list2.concatByMoving(&list1);

    // Traverse forwards.
    {
        var it = list2.first;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.next) {
            try testing.expect(node.data == index);
            index += 1;
        }
    }

    // Traverse backwards.
    {
        var it = list2.last;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.prev) {
            try testing.expect(node.data == (6 - index));
            index += 1;
        }
    }
}