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Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python

From Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python
Date 2015-01-26 03:31 +0200
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Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>:

> “Back-tracking” doesn't have a general meaning I recognise beyond
> random access into a data structure.

Backtracking means the part of depth-first traversal where you retreat
to the parent node. If you implement your traversal with a recursive
function, backtracking means — more or less — a return from the
function.


Marko

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  Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python Ian Foote <ian@feete.org> - 2015-01-25 20:51 +0000
    Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-01-25 18:41 -0800
      Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2015-01-26 09:21 +0200
        Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-01-25 23:28 -0800
  Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-01-26 11:32 +1100
    Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-01-26 03:31 +0200
      Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-26 12:45 +1100
      Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2015-02-03 16:16 -0500
      Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-04 09:29 +1100
  Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-01-26 00:43 +0000
  Re: Idiomatic backtracking in Python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-01-26 08:06 +0000
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