"""Contrast incorrect empty-slot deletion and tombstones. Python 3.14; matplotlib 3.10.7.""" from pathlib import Path import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle def main(): plt.rcParams.update({"font.family": "DejaVu Sans", "font.size": 12}) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 6), dpi=120) fig.patch.set_facecolor("white") ax.set_facecolor("white") ax.set_xlim(0, 11.6) ax.set_ylim(-0.4, 6.55) ax.axis("off") ax.text(0.1, 6.14, "A deletion marker preserves the route to key 16", fontsize=19, weight="bold") ax.text(0.1, 5.70, "Same original table; remove key 8, then search for 16 from h(16) = 0.", fontsize=12) rows = [ ("Before deletion", [0, 8, 16, 9, "E", "E", "E", "E"], [0, 1, 2], "Finds 16 at index 2", "#247148"), ("Wrong: write E", [0, "E", 16, 9, "E", "E", "E", "E"], [0, 1], "Stops at index 1; misses the stored key", "#b33e32"), ("Correct: write D", [0, "D", 16, 9, "E", "E", "E", "E"], [0, 1, 2], "Passes D; finds 16 at index 2", "#247148"), ] for row, (label, keys, probes, outcome, outcome_color) in enumerate(rows): y = 4.52 - row * 1.70 ax.text(0.1, y + 0.32, label, fontsize=13, weight="bold", va="center") for index, key in enumerate(keys): x = 3.0 + index color = "white" if key == "E" else "#d9e9f3" if key == "D": color = "#ffe5b7" if row == 1 and index == 1: color = "#f9d9d5" if key == 16 and index in probes: color = "#d6eedc" ax.add_patch(Rectangle((x, y), 0.91, 0.62, facecolor=color, edgecolor="#344a5a", linewidth=1.1)) ax.text(x + 0.455, y + 0.31, str(key), ha="center", va="center", fontsize=15) ax.text(x + 0.455, y + 0.73, str(index), ha="center", fontsize=10, color="#526370") for number, index in enumerate(probes, start=1): ax.text(3.455 + index, y - 0.27, str(number), ha="center", fontsize=11, color="#af5900", weight="bold") for previous, current in zip(probes, probes[1:]): ax.annotate("", xy=(3.455 + current - 0.12, y - 0.21), xytext=(3.455 + previous + 0.12, y - 0.21), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#af5900", "lw": 1.7}) ax.text(3.0, y - 0.63, outcome, color=outcome_color, fontsize=12) ax.text(0.1, -0.19, "E = never used (stop) D = deleted (continue) Orange numbers = probe order", fontsize=11) fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.02, right=0.985, bottom=0.025, top=0.99) fig.savefig(Path(__file__).stem + ".png", facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()