1Heap::Elem::Ref(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Heap::Elem::Ref(3)
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6 Heap::Elem::Ref - Object Reference Heap Elements
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9 use Heap::Elem::Ref( RefElem );
10 use Heap::Fibonacci;
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12 my $heap = Heap::Fibonacci->new;
13 my $elem;
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15 foreach $i ( 1..100 ) {
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21 while( defined( $elem = $heap->extract_top ) ) {
22 # assume that myObject object have a method I<printable>
23 print "Smallest is ", $elem->val->printable, "\n";
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27 Heap::Elem::Ref is used to wrap object reference values into an element
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29 method cmp which can compare itself with any of the other objects that
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31 with normal arithmetic. The top of the heap will have the smallest
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35 The details of the Elem interface are described in Heap::Elem.
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37 The details of using a Heap interface are described in Heap.
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40 John Macdonald, john@perlwolf.com
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43 Copyright 1998-2007, O'Reilly & Associates.
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45 This code is distributed under the same copyright terms as perl itself.
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48 Heap(3), Heap::Elem(3), Heap::Elem::RefRev(3).
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