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Incoming links: List reversal
Use an abstract finite sequence of integers, initially empty. In the following trait, comments are the mathematical specification; means the abstract state on entry, and The postcondition of
result means the returned value.trait ReversableBuffer {
// Abstract state s: finite sequence of Int, initially [].
// Pre: true. Post: s = s0 ++ [x].
def append(x: Int): Unit
// Pre: true. Post: s = [x] ++ s0.
def prepend(x: Int): Unit
// Pre: 0 <= i < length(s0).
// Post: result = s0 !! i,
// s = take i s0 ++ drop (i+1) s0.
def get(i: Int): Int
// Pre: true. Post: s = reverse(s0).
def rev: Unit
}get includes removal: it is not merely indexed reading. In particular,Repeated equal values elsewhere in the sequence remain present. List concatenation, indexing and list reversal in the specification describe abstract behavior without committing to a physical representation.Place these methods inside the In the forward traversal, the loop invariant is that
LLBuffer class. The two private insertion methods operate on physical endpoints; the public methods interpret logical endpoints using the reversal flag.private def addFirst(x: Int): Unit = {
val q = new Node(x)
q.next = first
if (first == null) last = q else first.prev = q
first = q
size += 1
}
private def addLast(x: Int): Unit = {
val q = new Node(x)
q.prev = last
if (last == null) first = q else last.next = q
last = q
size += 1
}
def append(x: Int): Unit = {
if (backwards) addFirst(x) else addLast(x)
}
def prepend(x: Int): Unit = {
if (backwards) addLast(x) else addFirst(x)
}
def get(i: Int): Int = {
require(0 <= i && i < size)
val j = if (backwards) size - 1 - i else i
var q: Node = null
if (j <= size - 1 - j) {
q = first
var k = 0
while (k < j) { q = q.next; k += 1 }
} else {
q = last
var k = size - 1
while (k > j) { q = q.prev; k -= 1 }
}
val x = q.value
if (q.prev == null) first = q.next else q.prev.next = q.next
if (q.next == null) last = q.prev else q.next.prev = q.prev
q.prev = null
q.next = null
size -= 1
x
}
def rev: Unit = { backwards = !backwards }q is physical node , with ; its loop variant is . In the backward traversal, q is physical node , with ; its loop variant is . Thus both locate physical index , which is exactly logical index under the abstraction function.Deletion bypasses the chosen linked list node in both directions. Deleting the first or last linked list node updates the corresponding endpoint; deleting the only linked list node sets both endpoints to null. The surviving values keep their physical relative order, so the abstraction function gives precisely the required logical deletion. Each insertion preserves reciprocal links and adds its value at the physical end corresponding to the required logical end. Toggling the flag changes to its list reversal without moving any linked list nodes. ConsequentlyThese are worst-case time complexity bounds in the constant-cost pointer model; total storage is and each operation uses constant auxiliary space.
Write the segment as , where and . The desired array rotation is . Reverse each block, then the whole segment:The state changes are , using the list reversal identity supplied in the paper and reversal being an involution. Three reversals implement the right rotation in time and auxiliary space. The initial return covers empty and identity rotations.
PROCEDURE rotate(i, n, k: INTEGER);
BEGIN
IF (k = 0) OR (k = n) THEN RETURN END;
reverse(i, n-k);
reverse(i+n-k, k);
reverse(i, n)
END rotate;