better implementation for 'hash_search', without using 'size_t'

(simpler to implement and to explain)
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Roberto Ierusalimschy 2017-05-19 09:47:00 -03:00
parent de74289049
commit 84910e04e2
1 changed files with 36 additions and 28 deletions

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@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* /*
** $Id: ltable.c,v 2.119 2017/05/09 14:39:46 roberto Exp roberto $ ** $Id: ltable.c,v 2.120 2017/05/16 19:07:08 roberto Exp roberto $
** Lua tables (hash) ** Lua tables (hash)
** See Copyright Notice in lua.h ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
*/ */
@ -610,29 +610,35 @@ void luaH_setint (lua_State *L, Table *t, lua_Integer key, TValue *value) {
/* /*
** Try to find a boundary in the hash part of table 't'. From the ** Try to find a boundary in the hash part of table 't'. From the
** caller, we know that 'i' is zero or present. We need to find an ** caller, we know that 'j' is zero or present and that 'j + 1' is
** upper bound (an absent index larger than 'i') to do a binary search ** present. We want to find a larger key that is absent from the
** for a boundary. We try 'max', a number larger than the total number ** table, so that we can do a binary search between the two keys to
** of keys in the table. (Given the size of the array elements, 'max' ** find a boundary. We keep doubling 'j' until we get an absent index.
** computation cannot overflow a 'size_t'.) If 'max' does not fit in a ** If the doubling would overflow, we try LUA_MAXINTEGER. If it is
** lua_Integer or it is present in the table, we try LUA_MAXINTEGER. If ** absent, we are ready for the binary search. ('j', being max integer,
** LUA_MAXINTEGER is present, it is a boundary, so we are done. Otherwise, ** is larger or equal to 'i', but it cannot be equal because it is
** we are left with a 'j' that is within the size of lua_Integers and ** absent while 'i' is present; so 'j > i'.) Otherwise, 'j' is a
** absent, so can do the binary search. ** boundary. ('j + 1' cannot be a present integer key because it is
** not a valid integer in Lua.)
*/ */
static lua_Unsigned hash_search (Table *t, lua_Unsigned i) { static lua_Unsigned hash_search (Table *t, lua_Unsigned j) {
lua_Unsigned j; lua_Unsigned i;
size_t max = (cast(size_t, i) + sizenode(t) + 10) * 2; if (j == 0) j++; /* the caller ensures 'j + 1' is present */
if (max <= l_castS2U(LUA_MAXINTEGER) && ttisnil(luaH_getint(t, max))) do {
j = max; i = j; /* 'i' is a present index */
if (j <= l_castS2U(LUA_MAXINTEGER) / 2)
j *= 2;
else { else {
j = LUA_MAXINTEGER; j = LUA_MAXINTEGER;
if (!ttisnil(luaH_getint(t, j))) /* weird case? */ if (ttisnil(luaH_getint(t, j))) /* t[j] == nil? */
return j; /* well, that is a boundary... */ break; /* 'j' now is an absent index */
else /* weird case */
return j; /* well, max integer is a boundary... */
} }
/* now, 'i' is zero or present and 'j' is absent */ } while (!ttisnil(luaH_getint(t, j))); /* repeat until t[j] == nil */
/* i < j && t[i] !≃ nil && t[j] == nil */
while (j - i > 1u) { /* do a binary search between them */ while (j - i > 1u) { /* do a binary search between them */
size_t m = (i + j) / 2; lua_Unsigned m = (i + j) / 2;
if (ttisnil(luaH_getint(t, m))) j = m; if (ttisnil(luaH_getint(t, m))) j = m;
else i = m; else i = m;
} }
@ -642,7 +648,8 @@ static lua_Unsigned hash_search (Table *t, lua_Unsigned i) {
/* /*
** Try to find a boundary in table 't'. (A 'boundary' is an integer index ** Try to find a boundary in table 't'. (A 'boundary' is an integer index
** such that t[i] is non-nil and t[i+1] is nil (or 0 if t[1] is nil).) ** such that t[i] is non-nil and t[i+1] is nil, plus 0 if t[1] is nil
** and 'maxinteger' if t[maxinteger] is not nil.)
** First, try the array part: if there is an array part and its last ** First, try the array part: if there is an array part and its last
** element is nil, there must be a boundary there; a binary search ** element is nil, there must be a boundary there; a binary search
** finds that boundary. Otherwise, if the hash part is empty or does not ** finds that boundary. Otherwise, if the hash part is empty or does not
@ -660,11 +667,12 @@ lua_Unsigned luaH_getn (Table *t) {
} }
return i; return i;
} }
/* 'j' is zero or present in table */ else { /* 'j' is zero or present in table */
else if (isdummy(t) || ttisnil(luaH_getint(t, l_castU2S(j + 1)))) if (isdummy(t) || ttisnil(luaH_getint(t, l_castU2S(j + 1))))
return j; /* 'j + 1' is absent... */ return j; /* 'j + 1' is absent... */
else else /* 'j + 1' is also present */
return hash_search(t, j); return hash_search(t, j);
}
} }