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29<div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="section"><a href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset">Large Bitset</a></span></dt></dl></div>
30<p>
31      <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>Projects</strong></span></em></span> are examples
32      on the usage of interval containers that go beyond small toy snippets of code.
33      The code presented here addresses more serious applications that approach the
34      quality of real world programming. At the same time it aims to guide the reader
35      more deeply into various aspects of the library. In order not to overburden
36      the reader with implementation details, the code in <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>projects</strong></span></em></span>
37      tries to be <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>minimal</strong></span></em></span>.
38      It has a focus on the main aspects of the projects and is not intended to be
39      complete and mature like the library code itself. Cause it's minimal, project
40      code lives in <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">mini</span></code>.
41    </p>
42<div class="section">
43<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
44<a name="boost_icl.projects.large_bitset"></a><a class="link" href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset" title="Large Bitset">Large Bitset</a>
45</h3></div></div></div>
46<div class="toc"><dl class="toc">
47<dt><span class="section"><a href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.using_large_bitset">Using
48        large_bitset</a></span></dt>
49<dt><span class="section"><a href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.the_interval_bitmap">The
50        interval_bitmap</a></span></dt>
51<dt><span class="section"><a href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.a_class_implementation_for_the_bitset_type">A
52        class implementation for the bitset type</a></span></dt>
53<dt><span class="section"><a href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.implementation_of_a_large_bitset">Implementation
54        of a large bitset</a></span></dt>
55</dl></div>
56<p>
57        Bitsets are just sets. Sets of unsigned integrals, to be more precise. The
58        prefix <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>bit</strong></span></em></span> usually
59        only indicates, that the representation of those sets is organized in a compressed
60        form that exploits the fact, that we can switch on an off single bits in
61        machine words. Bitsets are therefore known to be very small and thus efficient.
62        The efficiency of bitsets is usually coupled to the precondition that the
63        range of values of elements is relatively small, like [0..32) or [0..64),
64        values that can be typically represented in single or a small number of machine
65        words. If we wanted to represent a set containing two values {1, 1000000},
66        we would be much better off using other sets like e.g. an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span></code>.
67      </p>
68<p>
69        Bitsets compress well, if elements spread over narrow ranges only. Interval
70        sets compress well, if many elements are clustered over intervals. They can
71        span large sets very efficiently then. In project <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>Large
72        Bitset</strong></span></em></span> we want to <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>combine
73        the bit compression and the interval compression</strong></span></em></span> to
74        achieve a set implementation, that is capable of spanning large chunks of
75        contiguous elements using intervals and also to represent more narrow <span class="emphasis"><em>nests</em></span>
76        of varying bit sequences using bitset compression. As we will see, this can
77        be achieved using only a small amount of code because most of the properties
78        we need are provided by an <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/interval_map.html" title="Class template interval_map">interval_map</a></code>
79        of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bitsets</span></code>:
80      </p>
81<p>
82</p>
83<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">interval_map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">IntegralT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">SomeBitSet</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="identifier">partial_absorber</span><span class="special">,</span>
84                     <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">less</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">inplace_bit_add</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">inplace_bit_and</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">IntervalBitmap</span><span class="special">;</span>
85</pre>
86<p>
87      </p>
88<p>
89        Such an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">IntervalBitmap</span></code> represents
90        <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">k</span><span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">N</span></code> bits for every segment.
91</p>
92<pre class="programlisting"><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="identifier">k</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="char">'1111....1111'</span> <span class="comment">// N bits associated: Represents a total of k*N bits.  </span>
93</pre>
94<p>
95      </p>
96<p>
97        For the interval <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="identifier">k</span><span class="special">)</span></code> above
98        all bits are set. But we can also have individual <span class="emphasis"><em>nests</em></span>
99        or <span class="emphasis"><em>clusters</em></span> of bitsequences.
100      </p>
101<p>
102</p>
103<pre class="programlisting"><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">,</span>  <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="char">'01001011...1'</span>
104<span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="char">'11010001...0'</span>
105<span class="special">.</span> <span class="special">.</span> <span class="special">.</span>
106</pre>
107<p>
108      </p>
109<p>
110        and we can span intervals of equal bit sequences that represent periodic
111        patterns.
112      </p>
113<p>
114</p>
115<pre class="programlisting"><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="char">'010101....01'</span>  <span class="comment">// Every second bit is set              in range [c,d)</span>
116<span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="char">'001100..0011'</span>  <span class="comment">// Every two bits alterate              in range [d,e)</span>
117<span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="char">'bit-sequence'</span>  <span class="comment">// 'bit-sequence' reoccurs every N bits in range [e,f)</span>
118</pre>
119<p>
120      </p>
121<p>
122        An <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">IntervalBitmap</span></code> can represent
123        <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">*(</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">^</span><span class="identifier">M</span><span class="special">)</span></code> elements, if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">M</span></code>
124        is the number of bits of the integral type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">IntegralT</span></code>.
125        Unlike bitsets, that usually represent <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>unsigned</strong></span></em></span>
126        integral numbers, large_bitset may range over negative numbers as well. There
127        are fields where such large bitsets implementations are needed. E.g. for
128        the compact representation of large file allocation tables. What remains
129        to be done for project <span class="bold"><strong>Large Bitset</strong></span> is to
130        code a wrapper <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span></code>
131        around <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">IntervalBitmap</span></code> so
132        that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span></code> looks and
133        feels like a usual set class.
134      </p>
135<div class="section">
136<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
137<a name="boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.using_large_bitset"></a><a class="link" href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.using_large_bitset" title="Using large_bitset">Using
138        large_bitset</a>
139</h4></div></div></div>
140<p>
141          To quicken your appetite for a look at the implementation here are a few
142          use cases first. Within the examples that follow, we will use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nat</span></code><code class="literal"><span class="emphasis"><em>k</em></span></code>
143          for unsigned integrals and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bits</span></code><code class="literal"><span class="emphasis"><em>k</em></span></code>
144          for bitsets containing <code class="literal"><span class="emphasis"><em>k</em></span></code> bits.
145        </p>
146<p>
147          Let's start large. In the first example . . .
148        </p>
149<p>
150</p>
151<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">test_large</span><span class="special">()</span>
152<span class="special">{</span>
153    <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">nat64</span> <span class="identifier">much</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="identifier">xffffffffffffffffull</span><span class="special">;</span>
154    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">venti</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// ... the largest, I can think of ;)</span>
155    <span class="identifier">venti</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">discrete_interval</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat64</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">much</span><span class="special">);</span>
156
157    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"----- Test function test_large() -----------------------------------------------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
158    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"We have just turned on the awesome amount of 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bits ;-)\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
159    <span class="identifier">venti</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">show_segments</span><span class="special">();</span>
160</pre>
161<p>
162        </p>
163<p>
164          . . . we are testing the limits. First we set all bits and then we switch
165          off the very last bit.
166        </p>
167<p>
168</p>
169<pre class="programlisting">    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"---- Let's swich off the very last bit -----------------------------------------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
170    <span class="identifier">venti</span> <span class="special">-=</span> <span class="identifier">much</span><span class="special">;</span>
171    <span class="identifier">venti</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">show_segments</span><span class="special">();</span>
172
173    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"---- Venti is plenty ... let's do something small: A tall ----------------------\n\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
174<span class="special">}</span>
175</pre>
176<p>
177        </p>
178<p>
179          Program output (<span class="emphasis"><em>a little beautified</em></span>):
180</p>
181<pre class="programlisting"><span class="special">-----</span> <span class="identifier">Test</span> <span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="identifier">test_large</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">-----------------------------------------------</span>
182<span class="identifier">We</span> <span class="identifier">have</span> <span class="identifier">just</span> <span class="identifier">turned</span> <span class="identifier">on</span> <span class="identifier">the</span> <span class="identifier">awesome</span> <span class="identifier">amount</span> <span class="identifier">of</span> <span class="number">18</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">446</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">744</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">073</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">709</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">551</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">616</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span> <span class="special">;-)</span>
183<span class="special">[</span>                 <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">288230376151711744</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">-&gt;</span> <span class="number">1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111</span>
184<span class="special">----</span> <span class="identifier">Let</span><span class="char">'s swich off the very last bit -----------------------------------------
185[                 0, 288230376151711743) -&gt; 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
186[288230376151711743, 288230376151711744) -&gt; 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110
187---- Venti is plenty ... let'</span><span class="identifier">s</span> <span class="keyword">do</span> <span class="identifier">something</span> <span class="identifier">small</span><span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">A</span> <span class="identifier">tall</span> <span class="special">----------------------</span>
188</pre>
189<p>
190        </p>
191<p>
192          More readable is a smaller version of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span></code>.
193          In function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">test_small</span><span class="special">()</span></code> we apply a few more operations . . .
194        </p>
195<p>
196</p>
197<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">test_small</span><span class="special">()</span>
198<span class="special">{</span>
199    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat32</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">bits8</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">tall</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// small is tall ...</span>
200        <span class="comment">// ... because even this 'small' large_bitset </span>
201        <span class="comment">// can represent up to 2^32 == 4,294,967,296 bits.</span>
202
203    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"----- Test function test_small() -----------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
204    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"-- Switch on all bits in range [0,64] ------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
205    <span class="identifier">tall</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">discrete_interval</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">64</span><span class="special">);</span>
206    <span class="identifier">tall</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">show_segments</span><span class="special">();</span>
207    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"--------------------------------------------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
208
209    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"-- Turn off bits: 25,27,28 -----------------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
210
211    <span class="special">(((</span><span class="identifier">tall</span> <span class="special">-=</span> <span class="number">25</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">-=</span> <span class="number">27</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">-=</span> <span class="number">28</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
212    <span class="identifier">tall</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">show_segments</span><span class="special">();</span>
213    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"--------------------------------------------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
214
215    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"-- Flip bits in range [24,30) --------------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
216    <span class="identifier">tall</span> <span class="special">^=</span> <span class="identifier">discrete_interval</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">right_open</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">24</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">30</span><span class="special">);</span>
217    <span class="identifier">tall</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">show_segments</span><span class="special">();</span>
218    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"--------------------------------------------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
219
220    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"-- Remove the first 10 bits ----------------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
221    <span class="identifier">tall</span> <span class="special">-=</span> <span class="identifier">discrete_interval</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">right_open</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="special">);</span>
222    <span class="identifier">tall</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">show_segments</span><span class="special">();</span>
223
224    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"-- Remove even bits in range [0,72) --------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
225    <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">;</span>
226    <span class="keyword">for</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="number">72</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">++)</span> <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(!(</span><span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">%</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="identifier">tall</span> <span class="special">-=</span> <span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">;</span>
227    <span class="identifier">tall</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">show_segments</span><span class="special">();</span>
228
229    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"--    Set odd  bits in range [0,72) --------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
230    <span class="keyword">for</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="number">72</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">++)</span> <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">%</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">tall</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">;</span>
231    <span class="identifier">tall</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">show_segments</span><span class="special">();</span>
232
233    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"--------------------------------------------\n\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
234
235<span class="special">}</span>
236</pre>
237<p>
238        </p>
239<p>
240          . . . producing this output:
241</p>
242<pre class="programlisting"><span class="special">-----</span> <span class="identifier">Test</span> <span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="identifier">test_small</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">-----------</span>
243<span class="special">--</span> <span class="identifier">Switch</span> <span class="identifier">on</span> <span class="identifier">all</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span> <span class="identifier">in</span> <span class="identifier">range</span> <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">64</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">------</span>
244<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">11111111</span>
245<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">9</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">10000000</span>
246<span class="special">--------------------------------------------</span>
247<span class="special">--</span> <span class="identifier">Turn</span> <span class="identifier">off</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">:</span> <span class="number">25</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">27</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">28</span> <span class="special">-----------------</span>
248<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">11111111</span>
249<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">10100111</span>
250<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">11111111</span>
251<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">9</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">10000000</span>
252<span class="special">--------------------------------------------</span>
253<span class="special">--</span> <span class="identifier">Flip</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span> <span class="identifier">in</span> <span class="identifier">range</span> <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">24</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">30</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">--------------</span>
254<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">11111111</span>
255<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">01011011</span>
256<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">11111111</span>
257<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">9</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">10000000</span>
258<span class="special">--------------------------------------------</span>
259<span class="special">--</span> <span class="identifier">Remove</span> <span class="identifier">the</span> <span class="identifier">first</span> <span class="number">10</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span> <span class="special">----------------</span>
260<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">00111111</span>
261<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">11111111</span>
262<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">01011011</span>
263<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">11111111</span>
264<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">9</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">10000000</span>
265<span class="special">--</span> <span class="identifier">Remove</span> <span class="identifier">even</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span> <span class="identifier">in</span> <span class="identifier">range</span> <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">72</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">--------</span>
266<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">00010101</span>
267<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">01010101</span>
268<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">01010001</span>
269<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">01010101</span>
270<span class="special">--</span>    <span class="identifier">Set</span> <span class="identifier">odd</span>  <span class="identifier">bits</span> <span class="identifier">in</span> <span class="identifier">range</span> <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">72</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">--------</span>
271<span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">9</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">01010101</span>
272<span class="special">--------------------------------------------</span>
273</pre>
274<p>
275        </p>
276<p>
277          Finally, we present a little <span class="emphasis"><em>picturesque</em></span> example,
278          that demonstrates that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span></code>
279          can also serve as a self compressing bitmap, that we can 'paint' with.
280        </p>
281<p>
282</p>
283<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">test_picturesque</span><span class="special">()</span>
284<span class="special">{</span>
285    <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">bits8</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">Bit8Set</span><span class="special">;</span>
286
287    <span class="identifier">Bit8Set</span> <span class="identifier">square</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">stare</span><span class="special">;</span>
288    <span class="identifier">square</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">discrete_interval</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">);</span>
289    <span class="keyword">for</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="number">5</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">++)</span>
290    <span class="special">{</span>
291        <span class="identifier">square</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="number">8</span><span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span>
292        <span class="identifier">square</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="number">8</span><span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="number">7</span><span class="special">;</span>
293    <span class="special">}</span>
294
295    <span class="identifier">square</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">discrete_interval</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="number">41</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">47</span><span class="special">);</span>
296
297    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"----- Test function test_picturesque() -----\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
298    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"-------- empty face:       "</span>
299         <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">square</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">interval_count</span><span class="special">()</span>           <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">" intervals -----\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
300    <span class="identifier">square</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">show_matrix</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">" *"</span><span class="special">);</span>
301
302    <span class="identifier">stare</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="number">18</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">stare</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="number">21</span><span class="special">;</span>
303    <span class="identifier">stare</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">discrete_interval</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="number">34</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">38</span><span class="special">);</span>
304
305    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"-------- compressed smile: "</span>
306         <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">stare</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">interval_count</span><span class="special">()</span>            <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">" intervals -----\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
307    <span class="identifier">stare</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">show_matrix</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">" *"</span><span class="special">);</span>
308
309    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"-------- staring bitset:   "</span>
310         <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">square</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="identifier">stare</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">interval_count</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">" intervals -----\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
311    <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">square</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="identifier">stare</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">show_matrix</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">" *"</span><span class="special">);</span>
312
313    <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"--------------------------------------------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
314<span class="special">}</span>
315</pre>
316<p>
317        </p>
318<p>
319          Note that we have two <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">large_bitsets</span></code>
320          for the <span class="emphasis"><em>outline</em></span> and the <span class="emphasis"><em>interior</em></span>.
321          Both parts are compressed but we can compose both by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span>
322          <span class="special">+</span></code>, because the right <span class="emphasis"><em>positions</em></span>
323          are provided. This is the program output:
324        </p>
325<p>
326</p>
327<pre class="programlisting"><span class="special">-----</span> <span class="identifier">Test</span> <span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="identifier">test_picturesque</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">-----</span>
328<span class="special">--------</span> <span class="identifier">empty</span> <span class="identifier">face</span><span class="special">:</span>       <span class="number">3</span> <span class="identifier">intervals</span> <span class="special">-----</span>
329<span class="special">********</span>
330<span class="special">*</span>      <span class="special">*</span>
331<span class="special">*</span>      <span class="special">*</span>
332<span class="special">*</span>      <span class="special">*</span>
333<span class="special">*</span>      <span class="special">*</span>
334 <span class="special">******</span>
335<span class="special">--------</span> <span class="identifier">compressed</span> <span class="identifier">smile</span><span class="special">:</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="identifier">intervals</span> <span class="special">-----</span>
336  <span class="special">*</span>  <span class="special">*</span>
337  <span class="special">****</span>
338<span class="special">--------</span> <span class="identifier">staring</span> <span class="identifier">bitset</span><span class="special">:</span>   <span class="number">6</span> <span class="identifier">intervals</span> <span class="special">-----</span>
339<span class="special">********</span>
340<span class="special">*</span>      <span class="special">*</span>
341<span class="special">*</span> <span class="special">*</span>  <span class="special">*</span> <span class="special">*</span>
342<span class="special">*</span>      <span class="special">*</span>
343<span class="special">*</span> <span class="special">****</span> <span class="special">*</span>
344 <span class="special">******</span>
345<span class="special">--------------------------------------------</span>
346</pre>
347<p>
348        </p>
349<p>
350          So, may be you are curious how this class template is coded on top of
351          <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/interval_map.html" title="Class template interval_map">interval_map</a></code> using
352          only about 250 lines of code. This is shown in the sections that follow.
353        </p>
354</div>
355<div class="section">
356<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
357<a name="boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.the_interval_bitmap"></a><a class="link" href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.the_interval_bitmap" title="The interval_bitmap">The
358        interval_bitmap</a>
359</h4></div></div></div>
360<p>
361          To begin, let's look at the basic data type again, that will be providing
362          the major functionality:
363        </p>
364<p>
365</p>
366<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">interval_map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">partial_absorber</span><span class="special">,</span>
367                     <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">less</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">inplace_bit_add</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">inplace_bit_and</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">IntervalBitmap</span><span class="special">;</span>
368</pre>
369<p>
370        </p>
371<p>
372          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">DomainT</span></code> is supposed to
373          be an integral type, the bitset type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span></code>
374          will be a wrapper class around an unsigned integral type. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span></code> has to implement bitwise operators
375          that will be called by the functors <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">inplace_bit_add</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">inplace_bit_and</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>. The type trait of interval_map is
376          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">partial_absorber</span></code>, which
377          means that it is <span class="emphasis"><em>partial</em></span> and that empty <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BitSetTs</span></code> are not stored in the map. This
378          is desired and keeps the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">interval_map</span></code>
379          minimal, storing only bitsets, that contain at least one bit switched on.
380          Functor template <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">inplace_bit_add</span></code>
381          for parameter <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Combine</span></code> indicates
382          that we do not expect <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">+=</span></code> as addition but the bitwise operator
383          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">|=</span></code>. For template parameter
384          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Section</span></code> which is instaniated
385          by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">inplace_bit_and</span></code> we expect
386          the bitwise <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&amp;=</span></code> operator.
387        </p>
388</div>
389<div class="section">
390<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
391<a name="boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.a_class_implementation_for_the_bitset_type"></a><a class="link" href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.a_class_implementation_for_the_bitset_type" title="A class implementation for the bitset type">A
392        class implementation for the bitset type</a>
393</h4></div></div></div>
394<p>
395          The code of the project is enclosed in a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">namespace</span>
396          <span class="identifier">mini</span></code>. The name indicates, that
397          the implementation is a <span class="emphasis"><em>minimal</em></span> example implementation.
398          The name of the bitset class will be <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bits</span></code>
399          or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span></code> if qualified.
400        </p>
401<p>
402          To be used as a codomain parameter of class template <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/interval_map.html" title="Class template interval_map">interval_map</a></code>,
403          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span></code> has to implement all the functions
404          that are required for a codomain_type in general, which are the default
405          constructor <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
406          and an equality <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">==</span></code>.
407          Moreover <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span></code> has to implement operators required
408          by the instantiations for parameter <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Combine</span></code>
409          and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Section</span></code> which are
410          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">inplace_bit_add</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">inplace_bit_and</span></code>. From functors <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">inplace_bit_add</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">inplace_bit_and</span></code>
411          there are inverse functors <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">inplace_bit_subtract</span></code>
412          and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">inplace_bit_xor</span></code>. Those
413          functors use operators <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">|=</span> <span class="special">&amp;=</span> <span class="special">^=</span></code>
414          and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">~</span></code>. Finally if we want
415          to apply lexicographical and subset comparison on large_bitset, we also
416          need an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span></code>.
417          All the operators that we need can be implemented for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span></code>
418          on a few lines:
419        </p>
420<p>
421</p>
422<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">NaturalT</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span>
423<span class="special">{</span>
424<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
425    <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">NaturalT</span> <span class="identifier">word_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
426    <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span>       <span class="identifier">digits</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">NaturalT</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">digits</span><span class="special">;</span>
427    <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">word_type</span> <span class="identifier">w1</span>     <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">static_cast</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">NaturalT</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
428
429    <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">():</span><span class="identifier">_bits</span><span class="special">(){}</span>
430    <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">word_type</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">):</span><span class="identifier">_bits</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">){}</span>
431
432    <span class="identifier">word_type</span> <span class="identifier">word</span><span class="special">()</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">_bits</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
433    <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">|=</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="identifier">_bits</span> <span class="special">|=</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_bits</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;}</span>
434    <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&amp;=</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="identifier">_bits</span> <span class="special">&amp;=</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_bits</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;}</span>
435    <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">^=</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="identifier">_bits</span> <span class="special">^=</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_bits</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;}</span>
436    <span class="identifier">bits</span>  <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">~</span>  <span class="special">()</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">(~</span><span class="identifier">_bits</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="special">}</span>
437    <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span>  <span class="special">&lt;</span>  <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">{</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">_bits</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_bits</span><span class="special">;}</span>
438    <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span>  <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">{</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">_bits</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_bits</span><span class="special">;}</span>
439
440    <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">word_type</span> <span class="identifier">element</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">((</span><span class="identifier">w1</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">element</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">_bits</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
441    <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">as_string</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="identifier">off_on</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">" 1"</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span>
442
443<span class="keyword">private</span><span class="special">:</span>
444    <span class="identifier">word_type</span> <span class="identifier">_bits</span><span class="special">;</span>
445<span class="special">};</span>
446</pre>
447<p>
448        </p>
449<p>
450          Finally there is one important piece of meta information, we have to provide:
451          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span></code> has to be recognized as a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Set</span></code> by the icl code. Otherwise we can
452          not exploit the fact that a map of sets is model of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Set</span></code>
453          and the resulting large_bitset would not behave like a set. So we have
454          to say that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span></code> shall be sets:
455        </p>
456<p>
457</p>
458<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">icl</span>
459<span class="special">{</span>
460    <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">NaturalT</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
461    <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">is_set</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">NaturalT</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
462    <span class="special">{</span>
463        <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">is_set</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">NaturalT</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">type</span><span class="special">;</span>
464        <span class="identifier">BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">value</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">true</span><span class="special">);</span>
465    <span class="special">};</span>
466
467    <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">NaturalT</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
468    <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">has_set_semantics</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">NaturalT</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
469    <span class="special">{</span>
470        <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">has_set_semantics</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">NaturalT</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">type</span><span class="special">;</span>
471        <span class="identifier">BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">value</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">true</span><span class="special">);</span>
472    <span class="special">};</span>
473<span class="special">}}</span>
474</pre>
475<p>
476        </p>
477<p>
478          This is done by adding a partial template specialization to the type trait
479          template <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_set</span></code>. For the extension of this type
480          trait template and the result values of inclusion_compare we need these
481          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#includes</span></code> for the implementation
482          of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span></code>:
483        </p>
484<p>
485</p>
486<pre class="programlisting">                                               <span class="comment">// These includes are needed ...</span>
487<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>                              <span class="comment">// for conversion to output and to</span>
488<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">type_traits</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">has_set_semantics</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;//</span><span class="identifier">declare</span> <span class="identifier">that</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span> <span class="identifier">has</span> <span class="identifier">the</span>
489                                               <span class="comment">// behavior of a set.</span>
490</pre>
491<p>
492        </p>
493</div>
494<div class="section">
495<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
496<a name="boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.implementation_of_a_large_bitset"></a><a class="link" href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.implementation_of_a_large_bitset" title="Implementation of a large bitset">Implementation
497        of a large bitset</a>
498</h4></div></div></div>
499<div class="toc"><dl class="toc">
500<dt><span class="section"><a href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.implementation_of_a_large_bitset.large_bitset__public_interface">large_bitset:
501          Public interface</a></span></dt>
502<dt><span class="section"><a href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.implementation_of_a_large_bitset.large_bitset__private_implementation">large_bitset:
503          Private implementation</a></span></dt>
504</dl></div>
505<p>
506          Having finished our <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span></code>
507          implementation, we can start to code the wrapper class that hides the efficient
508          interval map of mini::bits and exposes a simple and convenient set behavior
509          to the world of users.
510        </p>
511<p>
512          Let's start with the required <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span></code>s
513          this time:
514        </p>
515<p>
516</p>
517<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>                   <span class="comment">// to organize output</span>
518<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">limits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>                     <span class="comment">// limits and associated constants</span>
519<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">operators</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>        <span class="comment">// to define operators with minimal effort</span>
520<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="string">"meta_log.hpp"</span>               <span class="comment">// a meta logarithm</span>
521<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="string">"bits.hpp"</span>                   <span class="comment">// a minimal bitset implementation</span>
522<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">interval_map</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="comment">// base of large bitsets</span>
523
524<span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">mini</span> <span class="comment">// minimal implementations for example projects</span>
525<span class="special">{</span>
526</pre>
527<p>
528        </p>
529<p>
530          Besides <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">interval_map</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span></code>
531          the most important include here is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">operators</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span></code>.
532          We use this library in order to further minimize the code and to provide
533          pretty extensive operator functionality using very little code.
534        </p>
535<p>
536          For a short and concise naming of the most important unsigned integer types
537          and the corresponding <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits</span></code>
538          we define this:
539        </p>
540<p>
541</p>
542<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">char</span>      <span class="identifier">nat8</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// nati i: number bits</span>
543<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">short</span>     <span class="identifier">nat16</span><span class="special">;</span>
544<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span>      <span class="identifier">nat32</span><span class="special">;</span>
545<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="identifier">nat64</span><span class="special">;</span>
546<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span>      <span class="identifier">nat</span><span class="special">;</span>
547
548<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat8</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>  <span class="identifier">bits8</span><span class="special">;</span>
549<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat16</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">bits16</span><span class="special">;</span>
550<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat32</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">bits32</span><span class="special">;</span>
551<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat64</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">bits64</span><span class="special">;</span>
552</pre>
553<p>
554        </p>
555<div class="section">
556<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title">
557<a name="boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.implementation_of_a_large_bitset.large_bitset__public_interface"></a><a class="link" href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.implementation_of_a_large_bitset.large_bitset__public_interface" title="large_bitset: Public interface">large_bitset:
558          Public interface</a>
559</h5></div></div></div>
560<p>
561            And now let's code <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span></code>.
562          </p>
563<p>
564</p>
565<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span>
566<span class="special">&lt;</span>
567    <span class="keyword">typename</span>    <span class="identifier">DomainT</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">nat64</span><span class="special">,</span>
568    <span class="keyword">typename</span>    <span class="identifier">BitSetT</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bits64</span><span class="special">,</span>
569    <span class="identifier">ICL_COMPARE</span> <span class="identifier">Compare</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">ICL_COMPARE_INSTANCE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">less</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">),</span>
570    <span class="identifier">ICL_INTERVAL</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ICL_COMPARE</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">Interval</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">ICL_INTERVAL_INSTANCE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ICL_INTERVAL_DEFAULT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">),</span>
571    <span class="identifier">ICL_ALLOC</span>   <span class="identifier">Alloc</span>   <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">allocator</span>
572<span class="special">&gt;</span>
573<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span>
574    <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">equality_comparable</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
575    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">less_than_comparable</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
576
577    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">addable</span>       <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
578    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">orable</span>        <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
579    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">subtractable</span>  <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
580    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">andable</span>       <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
581    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">xorable</span>       <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
582
583    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">addable2</span>      <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span>
584    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">orable2</span>       <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span>
585    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">subtractable2</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span>
586    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">andable2</span>      <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span>
587    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">xorable2</span>      <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span>
588
589    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">addable2</span>      <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="identifier">ICL_INTERVAL_TYPE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">)</span>
590    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">orable2</span>       <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="identifier">ICL_INTERVAL_TYPE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">)</span>
591    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">subtractable2</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="identifier">ICL_INTERVAL_TYPE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">)</span>
592    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">andable2</span>      <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="identifier">ICL_INTERVAL_TYPE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">)</span>
593    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">xorable2</span>      <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Alloc</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="identifier">ICL_INTERVAL_TYPE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Interval</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">Compare</span><span class="special">)</span>
594      <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
595    <span class="comment">//^ &amp; - | + ^ &amp; - | + ^ &amp; - | + &lt; == </span>
596    <span class="comment">//segment   element   container</span>
597</pre>
598<p>
599          </p>
600<p>
601            The first template parameter <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">DomainT</span></code>
602            will be instantiated with an integral type that defines the kind of numbers
603            that can be elements of the set. Since we want to go for a large set
604            we use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nat64</span></code> as default
605            which is a 64 bit unsigned integer ranging from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code>
606            to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">^</span><span class="number">64</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="number">1</span></code>.
607            As bitset parameter we also choose a 64-bit default. Parameters <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Combine</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Interval</span></code>
608            are necessary to be passed to dependent type expressions. An allocator
609            can be chosen, if desired.
610          </p>
611<p>
612            The nested list of private inheritance contains groups of template instantiations
613            from <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/libs/utility/operators.htm" target="_top">Boost.Operator</a>,
614            that provides derivable operators from more fundamental once. Implementing
615            the fundamental operators, we get the derivable ones <span class="emphasis"><em>for free</em></span>.
616            Below is a short overview of what we get using Boost.Operator, where
617            <a class="link" href="interface/function_synopsis.html#interval_set_types"><span class="bold"><strong>S</strong></span></a>
618            stands for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span></code>,
619            <a class="link" href="interface/function_synopsis.html#interval_type"><span class="bold"><strong>i</strong></span></a>
620            for it's <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">interval_type</span></code>
621            and <a class="link" href="interface/function_synopsis.html#element_type"><span class="bold"><strong>e</strong></span></a>
622            for it's <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">domain_type</span></code>
623            or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">element_type</span></code>.
624          </p>
625<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
626<colgroup>
627<col>
628<col>
629<col>
630</colgroup>
631<thead><tr>
632<th>
633                    <p>
634                      Group
635                    </p>
636                  </th>
637<th>
638                    <p>
639                      fundamental
640                    </p>
641                  </th>
642<th>
643                    <p>
644                      derivable
645                    </p>
646                  </th>
647</tr></thead>
648<tbody>
649<tr>
650<td>
651                    <p>
652                      Equality, ordering
653                    </p>
654                  </td>
655<td>
656                    <p>
657                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">==</span></code>
658                    </p>
659                  </td>
660<td>
661                    <p>
662                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">!=</span></code>
663                    </p>
664                  </td>
665</tr>
666<tr>
667<td>
668                  </td>
669<td>
670                    <p>
671                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;</span></code>
672                    </p>
673                  </td>
674<td>
675                    <p>
676                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&lt;=</span>
677                      <span class="special">&gt;=</span></code>
678                    </p>
679                  </td>
680</tr>
681<tr>
682<td>
683                    <p>
684                      Set operators (<a class="link" href="interface/function_synopsis.html#interval_set_types"><span class="bold"><strong>S</strong></span></a> x <a class="link" href="interface/function_synopsis.html#interval_set_types"><span class="bold"><strong>S</strong></span></a>)
685                    </p>
686                  </td>
687<td>
688                    <p>
689                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">+=</span> <span class="special">|=</span>
690                      <span class="special">-=</span> <span class="special">&amp;=</span>
691                      <span class="special">^=</span></code>
692                    </p>
693                  </td>
694<td>
695                    <p>
696                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">+</span> <span class="special">|</span>
697                      <span class="special">-</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span>
698                      <span class="special">^</span></code>
699                    </p>
700                  </td>
701</tr>
702<tr>
703<td>
704                    <p>
705                      Set operators (<a class="link" href="interface/function_synopsis.html#interval_set_types"><span class="bold"><strong>S</strong></span></a> x <a class="link" href="interface/function_synopsis.html#element_type"><span class="bold"><strong>e</strong></span></a>)
706                    </p>
707                  </td>
708<td>
709                    <p>
710                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">+=</span> <span class="special">|=</span>
711                      <span class="special">-=</span> <span class="special">&amp;=</span>
712                      <span class="special">^=</span></code>
713                    </p>
714                  </td>
715<td>
716                    <p>
717                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">+</span> <span class="special">|</span>
718                      <span class="special">-</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span>
719                      <span class="special">^</span></code>
720                    </p>
721                  </td>
722</tr>
723<tr>
724<td>
725                    <p>
726                      Set operators (<a class="link" href="interface/function_synopsis.html#interval_set_types"><span class="bold"><strong>S</strong></span></a> x <a class="link" href="interface/function_synopsis.html#interval_type"><span class="bold"><strong>i</strong></span></a>)
727                    </p>
728                  </td>
729<td>
730                    <p>
731                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">+=</span> <span class="special">|=</span>
732                      <span class="special">-=</span> <span class="special">&amp;=</span>
733                      <span class="special">^=</span></code>
734                    </p>
735                  </td>
736<td>
737                    <p>
738                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">+</span> <span class="special">|</span>
739                      <span class="special">-</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span>
740                      <span class="special">^</span></code>
741                    </p>
742                  </td>
743</tr>
744</tbody>
745</table></div>
746<p>
747            There is a number of associated types
748          </p>
749<p>
750</p>
751<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">interval_map</span>
752    <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">partial_absorber</span><span class="special">,</span>
753     <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">less</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">inplace_bit_add</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">inplace_bit_and</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">interval_bitmap_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
754
755<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span>                                      <span class="identifier">domain_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
756<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span>                                      <span class="identifier">element_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
757<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">BitSetT</span>                                      <span class="identifier">bitset_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
758<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">BitSetT</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">word_type</span>                  <span class="identifier">word_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
759<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">interval_bitmap_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">interval_type</span> <span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
760<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">interval_bitmap_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span>    <span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
761</pre>
762<p>
763          </p>
764<p>
765            most importantly the implementing <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">interval_bitmap_type</span></code>
766            that is used for the implementing container.
767          </p>
768<p>
769</p>
770<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">private</span><span class="special">:</span>
771    <span class="identifier">interval_bitmap_type</span> <span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">;</span>
772</pre>
773<p>
774          </p>
775<p>
776            In order to use <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/libs/utility/operators.htm" target="_top">Boost.Operator</a>
777            we have to implement the fundamental operators as class members. This
778            can be done quite schematically.
779          </p>
780<p>
781</p>
782<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
783    <span class="keyword">bool</span>     <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">==(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
784    <span class="keyword">bool</span>     <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span>  <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
785
786    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">+=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span><span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;}</span>
787    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">|=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span><span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="special">|=</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;}</span>
788    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">-=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span><span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="special">-=</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;}</span>
789    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&amp;=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span><span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="special">&amp;=</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;}</span>
790    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">^=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span><span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="special">^=</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;}</span>
791
792    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">+=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">element_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">add</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">));</span>      <span class="special">}</span>
793    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">|=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">element_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">add</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">));</span>      <span class="special">}</span>
794    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">-=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">element_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">subtract</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">));</span> <span class="special">}</span>
795    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&amp;=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">element_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">intersect</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">));}</span>
796    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">^=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">element_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">flip</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">));</span>     <span class="special">}</span>
797
798    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">+=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">add</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);</span>      <span class="special">}</span>
799    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">|=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">add</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);</span>      <span class="special">}</span>
800    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">-=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">subtract</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="special">}</span>
801    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&amp;=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">intersect</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);}</span>
802    <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">^=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">flip</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);</span>     <span class="special">}</span>
803</pre>
804<p>
805          </p>
806<p>
807            As we can see, the seven most important operators that work on the class
808            type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span></code> can
809            be directly implemented by propagating the operation to the implementing
810            <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">_map</span></code> of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">interval_bitmap_type</span></code>. For the operators
811            that work on segment and element types, we use member functions <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">add</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">subtract</span></code>,
812            <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">intersect</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">flip</span></code>. As we will see only a small amount
813            of adaper code is needed to couple those functions with the functionality
814            of the implementing container.
815          </p>
816<p>
817            Member functions <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">add</span></code>,
818            <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">subtract</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">intersect</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">flip</span></code>,
819            that allow to combine <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>intervals</strong></span></em></span>
820            to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">large_bitsets</span></code> can
821            be uniformly implemented using a private function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">segment_apply</span></code>
822            that applies <span class="emphasis"><em>addition</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>subtraction</em></span>,
823            <span class="emphasis"><em>intersection</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>symmetric difference</em></span>,
824            after having translated the interval's borders into the right bitset
825            positions.
826          </p>
827<p>
828</p>
829<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">add</span>      <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">segment_apply</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">add_</span><span class="special">,</span>      <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);}</span>
830<span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">subtract</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">segment_apply</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">subtract_</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);}</span>
831<span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">intersect</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">segment_apply</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">intersect_</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);}</span>
832<span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">flip</span>     <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">segment_apply</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">flip_</span><span class="special">,</span>     <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);}</span>
833</pre>
834<p>
835          </p>
836<p>
837            In the sample programs, that we will present to demonstrate the capabilities
838            of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span></code> we will
839            need a few additional functions specifically output functions in two
840            different flavors.
841          </p>
842<p>
843</p>
844<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">interval_count</span><span class="special">()</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">interval_count</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="special">}</span>
845
846<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">show_segments</span><span class="special">()</span><span class="keyword">const</span>
847<span class="special">{</span>
848    <span class="keyword">for</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">interval_bitmap_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">const_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">it_</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">();</span>
849        <span class="identifier">it_</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">();</span> <span class="special">++</span><span class="identifier">it_</span><span class="special">)</span>
850    <span class="special">{</span>
851        <span class="identifier">interval_type</span>   <span class="identifier">itv</span>  <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">it_</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">;</span>
852        <span class="identifier">bitset_type</span>     <span class="identifier">bits</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">it_</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">second</span><span class="special">;</span>
853        <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">itv</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"-&gt;"</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">as_string</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"01"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
854    <span class="special">}</span>
855<span class="special">}</span>
856
857<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">show_matrix</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="identifier">off_on</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">" 1"</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="keyword">const</span>
858<span class="special">{</span>
859    <span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">;</span>
860    <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">interval_bitmap_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">const_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">iter</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">();</span>
861    <span class="keyword">while</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">iter</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="identifier">_map</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">())</span>
862    <span class="special">{</span>
863        <span class="identifier">element_type</span> <span class="identifier">fst</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">iter</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">lst</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">last</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">iter</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">);</span>
864        <span class="keyword">for</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">element_type</span> <span class="identifier">chunk</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">fst</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">chunk</span> <span class="special">&lt;=</span> <span class="identifier">lst</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">chunk</span><span class="special">++)</span>
865            <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">iter</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">second</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">as_string</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">off_on</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
866        <span class="special">++</span><span class="identifier">iter</span><span class="special">;</span>
867    <span class="special">}</span>
868<span class="special">}</span>
869</pre>
870<p>
871          </p>
872<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
873<li class="listitem">
874                The first one, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">show_segments</span><span class="special">()</span></code> shows the container content as
875                it is implemented, in the compressed form.
876              </li>
877<li class="listitem">
878                The second function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">show_matrix</span></code>
879                shows the complete matrix of bits that is represented by the container.
880              </li>
881</ul></div>
882</div>
883<div class="section">
884<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title">
885<a name="boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.implementation_of_a_large_bitset.large_bitset__private_implementation"></a><a class="link" href="projects.html#boost_icl.projects.large_bitset.implementation_of_a_large_bitset.large_bitset__private_implementation" title="large_bitset: Private implementation">large_bitset:
886          Private implementation</a>
887</h5></div></div></div>
888<p>
889            In order to implement operations like the addition of an element say
890            <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">42</span></code> to the large bitset, we
891            need to translate the <span class="emphasis"><em>value</em></span> to the <span class="emphasis"><em>position</em></span>
892            of the associated <span class="bold"><strong>bit</strong></span> representing
893            <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">42</span></code> in the interval container
894            of bitsets. As an example, suppose we use a
895</p>
896<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">nat</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">mini</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bits8</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">lbs</span><span class="special">;</span>
897</pre>
898<p>
899            that carries small bitsets of 8 bits only. The first four interval of
900            <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">lbs</span></code> are assumed to be
901            associated with some bitsets. Now we want to add the interval <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">]==[</span><span class="number">5</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">27</span><span class="special">]</span></code>. This
902            will result in the following situation:
903</p>
904<pre class="programlisting">   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span>   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span>   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span>   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span>
905   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">00101100</span><span class="special">][</span><span class="number">11001011</span><span class="special">][</span><span class="number">11101001</span><span class="special">][</span><span class="number">11100000</span><span class="special">]</span>
906<span class="special">+</span>       <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">111</span>  <span class="number">11111111</span>  <span class="number">11111111</span>  <span class="number">1111</span><span class="special">]</span>      <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">5</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">27</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="identifier">as</span> <span class="identifier">bitset</span>
907         <span class="identifier">a</span>                           <span class="identifier">b</span>
908
909<span class="special">=&gt;</span> <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span>   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span>   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span>
910   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">00101111</span><span class="special">][</span><span class="number">11111111</span><span class="special">][</span><span class="number">11110000</span><span class="special">]</span>
911</pre>
912<p>
913            So we have to convert values 5 and 27 into a part that points to the
914            interval and a part that refers to the position within the interval,
915            which is done by a <span class="emphasis"><em>division</em></span> and a <span class="emphasis"><em>modulo</em></span>
916            computation. (In order to have a consistent representation of the bitsequences
917            across the containers, within this project, bitsets are denoted with
918            the <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>least significant bit on the left!</strong></span></em></span>)
919          </p>
920<p>
921</p>
922<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">A</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="number">8</span> <span class="special">=</span>  <span class="number">5</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="number">8</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span> <span class="comment">// refers to interval </span>
923<span class="identifier">B</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="number">8</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">27</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="number">8</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3</span>
924<span class="identifier">R</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">%</span><span class="number">8</span> <span class="special">=</span>  <span class="number">5</span><span class="special">%</span><span class="number">8</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">5</span> <span class="comment">// refers to the position in the associated bitset.</span>
925<span class="identifier">S</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">%</span><span class="number">8</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">27</span><span class="special">%</span><span class="number">8</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3</span>
926</pre>
927<p>
928          </p>
929<p>
930            All <span class="emphasis"><em>division</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>modulo operations</em></span>
931            needed here are always done using a divisor <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">d</span></code>
932            that is a power of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">2</span></code>: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">d</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span><span class="special">^</span><span class="identifier">x</span></code>.
933            Therefore division and modulo can be expressed by bitset operations.
934            The constants needed for those bitset computations are defined here:
935          </p>
936<p>
937</p>
938<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">private</span><span class="special">:</span>                                      <span class="comment">// Example value</span>
939    <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">word_type</span>                    <span class="comment">//   8-bit case  </span>
940        <span class="identifier">digits</span>  <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span>         <span class="comment">// --------------------------------------------------------------</span>
941                  <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">word_type</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">digits</span>       <span class="special">,</span> <span class="comment">//   8           Size of the associated bitsets </span>
942        <span class="identifier">divisor</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">digits</span>                    <span class="special">,</span> <span class="comment">//   8           Divisor to find intervals for values</span>
943        <span class="identifier">last</span>    <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">digits</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="number">1</span>                  <span class="special">,</span> <span class="comment">//   7           Last bit (0 based)</span>
944        <span class="identifier">shift</span>   <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">log2_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">divisor</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">value</span>     <span class="special">,</span> <span class="comment">//   3           To express the division as bit shift</span>
945        <span class="identifier">w1</span>      <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">static_cast</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">word_type</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">,</span> <span class="comment">//               Helps to avoid static_casts for long long</span>
946        <span class="identifier">mask</span>    <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">divisor</span> <span class="special">-</span> <span class="identifier">w1</span>              <span class="special">,</span> <span class="comment">//   7=11100000  Helps to express the modulo operation as bit_and</span>
947        <span class="identifier">all</span>     <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">~</span><span class="keyword">static_cast</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">word_type</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="comment">// 255=11111111  Helps to express a complete associated bitset</span>
948        <span class="identifier">top</span>     <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">w1</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">digits</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">w1</span><span class="special">)</span>      <span class="special">;</span>    <span class="comment">// 128=00000001  Value of the most significant bit of associated bitsets</span>
949                                              <span class="comment">//            !&gt; Note: Most signigicant bit on the right.</span>
950</pre>
951<p>
952          </p>
953<p>
954            Looking at the example again, we can see that we have to identify the
955            positions of the beginning and ending of the interval [5,27] that is
956            to insert, and then <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>subdivide</strong></span></em></span>
957            that range of bitsets into three partitions.
958          </p>
959<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
960<li class="listitem">
961                The bitset where the interval starts.
962              </li>
963<li class="listitem">
964                the bitset where the interval ends
965              </li>
966<li class="listitem">
967                The bitsets that are completely overlapped by the interval
968              </li>
969</ol></div>
970<p>
971</p>
972<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">combine</span> <span class="identifier">interval</span> <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">5</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">27</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="identifier">to</span> <span class="identifier">large_bitset</span> <span class="identifier">lbs</span> <span class="identifier">w</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">r</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">t</span><span class="special">.</span> <span class="identifier">some</span> <span class="identifier">operation</span> <span class="identifier">o</span>
973
974   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span>   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span>   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span>   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span>
975   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">00101100</span><span class="special">][</span><span class="number">11001011</span><span class="special">][</span><span class="number">11101001</span><span class="special">][</span><span class="number">11100000</span><span class="special">]</span>
976<span class="identifier">o</span>       <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">111</span>  <span class="number">11111111</span>  <span class="number">11111111</span>  <span class="number">1111</span><span class="special">]</span>
977         <span class="identifier">a</span>                           <span class="identifier">b</span>
978<span class="identifier">subdivide</span><span class="special">:</span>
979   <span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">!</span>  <span class="special">][</span><span class="identifier">mid_1</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">.</span> <span class="special">.</span> <span class="special">.[</span><span class="identifier">mid_n</span><span class="special">][</span>   <span class="special">!</span><span class="identifier">last</span><span class="special">]</span>
980   <span class="special">[</span><span class="number">00000111</span><span class="special">][</span><span class="number">1.</span><span class="special">..</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">.</span> <span class="special">.</span> <span class="special">.[</span><span class="number">1.</span><span class="special">..</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">][</span><span class="number">11110000</span><span class="special">]</span>
981</pre>
982<p>
983          </p>
984<p>
985            After subdividing, we perform the operation <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">o</span></code>
986            as follows:
987          </p>
988<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
989<li class="listitem">
990                For the first bitset: Set all bits from ther starting bit (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">!</span></code>) to the end of the bitset to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">1</span></code>. All other bits are <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code>. Then perform operation <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">o</span></code>: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">_map</span>
991                <span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">=</span>
992                <span class="special">([</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">00000111</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
993              </li>
994<li class="listitem">
995                For the last bitset: Set all bits from the beginning of the bitset
996                to the ending bit (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">!</span></code>)
997                to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">1</span></code>. All other bits
998                are <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code>. Then perform operation
999                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">o</span></code>: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">([</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">11110000</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
1000              </li>
1001<li class="listitem">
1002                For the range of bitsets in between the staring and ending one, perform
1003                operation <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">o</span></code>: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">([</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)-&gt;</span><span class="number">11111111</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
1004              </li>
1005</ol></div>
1006<p>
1007            The algorithm, that has been outlined and illustrated by the example,
1008            is implemented by the private member function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">segment_apply</span></code>.
1009            To make the combiner operation a variable in this algorithm, we use a
1010            <span class="emphasis"><em>pointer to member function type</em></span>
1011          </p>
1012<p>
1013</p>
1014<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">::*</span><span class="identifier">segment_combiner</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="identifier">element_type</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">element_type</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">bitset_type</span><span class="special">);</span>
1015</pre>
1016<p>
1017          </p>
1018<p>
1019            as first function argument. We will pass member functions <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">combine_</span></code> here,
1020</p>
1021<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">combine_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">first_of_interval</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">end_of_interval</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">some_bitset</span><span class="special">);</span>
1022</pre>
1023<p>
1024            that take the beginning and ending of an interval and a bitset and combine
1025            them to the implementing <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">interval_bitmap_type</span>
1026            <span class="identifier">_map</span></code>. Here are these functions:
1027          </p>
1028<p>
1029</p>
1030<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span>       <span class="identifier">add_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span> <span class="identifier">lo</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span> <span class="identifier">up</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BitSetT</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">right_open</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">lo</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">up</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">);}</span>
1031<span class="keyword">void</span>  <span class="identifier">subtract_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span> <span class="identifier">lo</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span> <span class="identifier">up</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BitSetT</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="special">-=</span> <span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">right_open</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">lo</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">up</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">);}</span>
1032<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">intersect_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span> <span class="identifier">lo</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span> <span class="identifier">up</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BitSetT</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="special">&amp;=</span> <span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">right_open</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">lo</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">up</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">);}</span>
1033<span class="keyword">void</span>      <span class="identifier">flip_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">DomainT</span> <span class="identifier">lo</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">DomainT</span> <span class="identifier">up</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BitSetT</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="identifier">_map</span> <span class="special">^=</span> <span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">right_open</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">lo</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">up</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">bits</span><span class="special">);}</span>
1034</pre>
1035<p>
1036          </p>
1037<p>
1038            Finally we can code function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">segment_apply</span></code>,
1039            that does the partitioning and subsequent combining:
1040          </p>
1041<p>
1042</p>
1043<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">segment_apply</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">segment_combiner</span> <span class="identifier">combine</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">interval_type</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">operand</span><span class="special">)</span>
1044<span class="special">{</span>
1045    <span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">;</span>
1046    <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_empty</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">operand</span><span class="special">))</span>
1047        <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;</span>
1048                                                        <span class="comment">// same as</span>
1049    <span class="identifier">element_type</span>   <span class="identifier">base</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">operand</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">shift</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="comment">// icl::first(operand) / divisor</span>
1050                   <span class="identifier">ceil</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">last</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">operand</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">shift</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// icl::last (operand) / divisor</span>
1051    <span class="identifier">word_type</span> <span class="identifier">base_rest</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">operand</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span>  <span class="identifier">mask</span> <span class="special">,</span> <span class="comment">// icl::first(operand) % divisor</span>
1052              <span class="identifier">ceil_rest</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">last</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">operand</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span>  <span class="identifier">mask</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// icl::last (operand) % divisor  </span>
1053
1054    <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">base</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">ceil</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="comment">// [first, last] are within one bitset (chunk)</span>
1055        <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">-&gt;*</span><span class="identifier">combine</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="identifier">base</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">base</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">bitset_type</span><span class="special">(</span>  <span class="identifier">to_upper_from</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">base_rest</span><span class="special">)</span>
1056                                                   <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">from_lower_to</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ceil_rest</span><span class="special">)));</span>
1057    <span class="keyword">else</span> <span class="comment">// [first, last] spread over more than one bitset (chunk)</span>
1058    <span class="special">{</span>
1059        <span class="identifier">element_type</span> <span class="identifier">mid_low</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">base_rest</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span>   <span class="special">?</span> <span class="identifier">base</span>   <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">base</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="comment">// first element of mid part </span>
1060                     <span class="identifier">mid_up</span>  <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">ceil_rest</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">all</span> <span class="special">?</span> <span class="identifier">ceil</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="number">1</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">ceil</span>  <span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// last  element of mid part</span>
1061
1062        <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">base_rest</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span>    <span class="comment">// Bitset of base interval has to be filled from base_rest to last</span>
1063            <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">-&gt;*</span><span class="identifier">combine</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="identifier">base</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">base</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">bitset_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">to_upper_from</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">base_rest</span><span class="special">)));</span>
1064        <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ceil_rest</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">all</span><span class="special">)</span>  <span class="comment">// Bitset of ceil interval has to be filled from first to ceil_rest</span>
1065            <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">-&gt;*</span><span class="identifier">combine</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="identifier">ceil</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ceil</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">bitset_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">from_lower_to</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ceil_rest</span><span class="special">)));</span>
1066        <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">mid_low</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">mid_up</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="comment">// For the middle part all bits have to set.</span>
1067            <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">-&gt;*</span><span class="identifier">combine</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="identifier">mid_low</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">mid_up</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">bitset_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">all</span><span class="special">));</span>
1068    <span class="special">}</span>
1069    <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;</span>
1070<span class="special">}</span>
1071</pre>
1072<p>
1073          </p>
1074<p>
1075            The functions that help filling bitsets to and from a given bit are implemented
1076            here:
1077          </p>
1078<p>
1079</p>
1080<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="identifier">word_type</span> <span class="identifier">from_lower_to</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">word_type</span> <span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">==</span><span class="identifier">last</span> <span class="special">?</span> <span class="identifier">all</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">w1</span><span class="special">&lt;&lt;(</span><span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="identifier">w1</span><span class="special">))-</span><span class="identifier">w1</span><span class="special">;}</span>
1081<span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="identifier">word_type</span> <span class="identifier">to_upper_from</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">word_type</span> <span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">){</span><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">==</span><span class="identifier">last</span> <span class="special">?</span> <span class="identifier">top</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="special">~((</span><span class="identifier">w1</span><span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span><span class="identifier">bit</span><span class="special">)-</span><span class="identifier">w1</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="special">}</span>
1082</pre>
1083<p>
1084          </p>
1085<p>
1086            This completes the implementation of class template <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">large_bitset</span></code>.
1087            Using only a small amount of mostly schematic code, we have been able
1088            to provide a pretty powerful, self compressing and generally usable set
1089            type for all integral domain types.
1090          </p>
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