Sparse array based on Adaptive Radix Tree implementation

Iakh via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Fri Aug 21 10:01:16 PDT 2015


Hi!
There is my pre alpha implementation of sparse array
based on adaptive radix tree:
https://github.com/Iakh/d-art-containers

It is based on this article
http://www-db.in.tum.de/~leis/papers/ART.pdf

And here is general information about radix tree:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix_tree

Radix tree uses node with "Radix" children. For this
iplementation Radix == 256(byte capacity). Each byte
of a key for the container corresponds one level of
the tree (tree haight is equal to size of the key).
Also radix tree doesn't store keys of the data
explicitly. A key can be restored on the path to the leaf.

ART uses several optimizations few of wich
currently implemented:
  - Adaptive node size: there are Node4, Node16,
Node48, Node256 with different strategies to store
elements (implemented Node4 and Node256)
  - Collapsing nodes. Nodes with one child does not
explixitly created. Only their keys stored.
(implemented)
  - SIMD optimisations for fast access in nodes
other then Node256. (not implemented)

Also implemented sort of range over each element.

Is the container needed in Phobos?


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