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Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque

From Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc>
Newsgroups comp.theory, comp.ai.philosophy, comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque
Message-ID <20220513005340.00001694@reddwarf.jmc> (permalink)
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Organization Jupiter Mining Corp
Date 2022-05-13 00:53 +0100

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On Thu, 12 May 2022 18:49:43 -0500
olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> wrote:

> On 5/12/2022 6:40 PM, Mr Flibble wrote:
> > On Thu, 12 May 2022 18:38:49 -0500
> > olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 5/12/2022 6:22 PM, Mr Flibble wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 12 May 2022 18:09:39 -0500
> >>> olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> wrote:
> >>>    
> >>>> On 5/12/2022 5:56 PM, Mr Flibble wrote:
> >>>>> On Thu, 12 May 2022 17:51:25 -0500
> >>>>> olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> wrote:
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>> C/C++ people please critique this as the basis for an
> >>>>>> improvement to std::deque. It seems to have the key
> >>>>>> functionality of std::deque and does it much more simply while
> >>>>>> saving time and space.
> >>>>>> https://www.cplusplus.com/reference/deque/deque/
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> #define tape_element unsigned char
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> class Tape_Type
> >>>>>> {
> >>>>>> private:
> >>>>>>       int Tape_Head = 0;               // Can be negative
> >>>>>>       std::vector<tape_element> Left;  // Stores left expansion
> >>>>>>       std::vector<tape_element> Right; // Stores right
> >>>>>> expansion tape_element & operator[](int index);
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> public:
> >>>>>>       void move_left();      // Tape_Head--;
> >>>>>> Left.push_back(0); as needed void move_right();     //
> >>>>>> Tape_Head++; Left.push_back(0); as needed void
> >>>>>> Write(tape_element Y){ this->operator[](Tape_Head) = Y; };
> >>>>>> tape_element Read()       { return
> >>>>>> this->operator[](Tape_Head); }; Tape_Type(){
> >>>>>> Right.push_back('_'); } // constructor void Output(); };
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> tape_element& Tape_Type::operator[](int index)
> >>>>>> {
> >>>>>>       if (index > 0)
> >>>>>>         return Right[index];
> >>>>>>       int Left_Index = ((index * -1) -1);
> >>>>>>       return Left[Left_Index];
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> void Tape_Type::Output()
> >>>>>> {
> >>>>>>       printf("Tape_Type::Output()\n");
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>       if (Left.size())
> >>>>>>       {
> >>>>>>         int Last_One = Left.size() - 1;
> >>>>>>         for (int N = Last_One; N >= 0; N--)
> >>>>>>         {
> >>>>>>           int TH = (N + 1) * -1; // determine Tape_Head from N
> >>>>>>           printf("[%04d]:%c   Left[%02d]\n", TH, Left[N], N);
> >>>>>>         }
> >>>>>>       }
> >>>>>>       if (Right.size())
> >>>>>>         for (int N = 0; N < Right.size(); N++)
> >>>>>>           printf("[%04d]:%c  Right[%02d]\n", N, Right[N], N);
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> void Tape_Type::move_left()
> >>>>>> {
> >>>>>>       Tape_Head--;
> >>>>>>       int Left_Index = ((Tape_Head * -1) -1);
> >>>>>>       if (Left_Index == Left.size())
> >>>>>>         Left.push_back('_');
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> void Tape_Type::move_right()
> >>>>>> {
> >>>>>>       Tape_Head++;
> >>>>>>       if (Tape_Head == Right.size())
> >>>>>>         Right.push_back('_');
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It might be a more appropriate solution than std::deque for your
> >>>>> specific use-case however it is NOT an improvement to std::deque
> >>>>> for the general case -- see my reply in the other thread for
> >>>>> why.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> /Flibble
> >>>>>       
> >>>>
> >>>> I didn't see any reason why it would not make a better
> >>>> std::deque. 
> >>>    
> >>> Because it doesn't meet the complexity and referential integrity
> >>> requirements of std::deque.
> >>>
> >>> /Flibble
> >>>    
> >>
> >> It is faster then std::deque.
> >> I couldn't find what you mean by referential integrity it has too
> >> many different meanings. invalidating iterators seemed to be what
> >> you mean otherwise I have no idea.
> >   
> > I see you are choosing to ignore my reply in the other thread. OK, I
> > will repost why you are wrong here:
> > 
> >   * referential integrity and iterator invalidation are different
> >     things: when you add or remove elements to either end of a
> >     std::deque iterators are indeed invalidated however references
> > to existing elements remain valid
> 
> Mine words the same way and has the added benefit of contiguous
> storage.
> 
> >   * If you do 1000 push_fronts followed by 1000 push_backs followed
> > by 1000 pop_fronts all is good however your next pop_front will have
> >     linear complexity, O(n), as it will necessitate removal of the
> > first element of the right std::vector.
> 
> I don't think that this applies to the way that I implemented it.
> pop_front pops from the end of Left. pop_back pops from the end of 
> Right. This is the key aspect that I used from David's two-stack
> approach.
 
Then it is totally different to what std::deque offers: std::deque
allows ALL elements to be either popped from the front or back.  Try
reading AND UNDERSTANDING what I wrote again.

/Flibble

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Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-12 17:51 -0500
  Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-12 23:56 +0100
    Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-12 18:09 -0500
      Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-13 00:22 +0100
        Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-12 18:38 -0500
          Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-13 00:40 +0100
            Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-12 18:49 -0500
              Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-13 00:53 +0100
                Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-12 19:12 -0500
                Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-13 01:58 +0100
                Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-12 20:34 -0500
                Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-13 08:02 +0100
                Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque tth <tth@none.invalid> - 2022-05-13 09:10 +0200
                Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 10:58 -0500
                Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-13 17:02 +0100
                Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-05-13 12:44 -0700
  Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-12 19:23 -0400
    Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-12 18:32 -0500
  Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-13 01:06 +0100
    Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-12 19:55 -0500
      Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-13 02:01 +0100
        Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-12 20:36 -0500
          Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-13 08:04 +0100
            Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 11:00 -0500
              Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-13 17:04 +0100
                Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 12:05 -0500
      Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-13 02:38 +0100
        Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-12 21:37 -0500
          Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Python <python@example.invalid> - 2022-05-13 04:39 +0200
          Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-13 12:01 +0100
            Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 10:41 -0500
              Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 11:56 -0400
              Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-13 17:35 +0100
                Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 12:12 -0500
                Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-13 20:04 +0100
                Re: Implementing a two-way Turing Machine tape as an improvement to std::deque olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 14:19 -0500

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