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enum  Gecode::SpaceStatus { Gecode::SS_FAILED, Gecode::SS_SOLVED, Gecode::SS_BRANCH }
 

Space status

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Functions

SpaceStatus Gecode::Space::status (StatusStatistics &stat=unused_status)
 Query space status.
const Choice * Gecode::Space::choice (void)
 Create new choice for current brancher.
const Choice * Gecode::Space::choice (Archive &e) const
 Create new choice from e.
Space * Gecode::Space::clone (bool share=true, CloneStatistics &stat=unused_clone) const
 Clone space.
void Gecode::Space::commit (const Choice &c, unsigned int a, CommitStatistics &stat=unused_commit)
 Commit choice c for alternative a.

Enumeration Type Documentation

Space status

Enumerator:
SS_FAILED 

Space is failed

SS_SOLVED 

Space is solved (no brancher left)

SS_BRANCH 

Space must be branched (at least one brancher left)

Definition at line 1119 of file core.hpp.


Function Documentation

SpaceStatus Gecode::Space::status ( StatusStatistics stat = unused_status  )  [inherited]

Query space status.

Propagates the space until fixpoint or failure; updates the statistics information stat; and:

  • if the space is failed, SpaceStatus::SS_FAILED is returned.
  • if the space is not failed but the space has no brancher left, SpaceStatus::SS_SOLVED is returned.
  • otherwise, SpaceStatus::SS_BRANCH is returned.

Definition at line 193 of file core.cpp.

const Choice * Gecode::Space::choice ( void   )  [inherited]

Create new choice for current brancher.

This member function can only be called after the member function Space::status on the same space has been called and in between no non-const member function has been called on this space.

Moreover, the member function can only be called at most once (otherwise, it might generate conflicting choices).

Note that the above invariant only pertains to calls of member functions of the same space. If the invariant is violated, the system is likely to crash (hopefully it does). In particular, if applied to a space with no current brancher, the system will crash.

After a new choice has been created, no older choices can be used on the space.

If the status() member function has returned that the space has no more branchers (that is, the result was either SS_FAILED or SS_SOLVED), a call to choice() will return NULL and purge all remaining branchers inside the space. This is interesting for the case SS_SOLVED, where the call to choice can serve as garbage collection.

Throws an exception of type SpaceNotStable when applied to a not yet stable space.

Definition at line 305 of file core.cpp.

const Choice * Gecode::Space::choice ( Archive e  )  const [inherited]

Create new choice from e.

The archived representation e must have been created from a Choice that is compatible with this space (i.e., created from the same model).

Definition at line 338 of file core.cpp.

Space * Gecode::Space::clone ( bool  share = true,
CloneStatistics stat = unused_clone 
) const [inline, inherited]

Clone space.

Assumes that the space is stable and not failed. If the space is failed, an exception of type SpaceFailed is thrown. If the space is not stable, an exception of SpaceNotStable is thrown.

Otherwise, a clone of the space is returned and the statistics information stat is updated. If share is true, sharable datastructures are shared among the clone and the original space. If share is false, independent copies of the shared datastructures must be created. This means that a clone with no sharing can be used in a different thread without any interaction with the original space.

Definition at line 2465 of file core.hpp.

void Gecode::Space::commit ( const Choice c,
unsigned int  a,
CommitStatistics stat = unused_commit 
) [inline, inherited]

Commit choice c for alternative a.

The current brancher in the space performs a commit from the information provided by the choice c and the alternative a. The statistics information stat is updated.

Note that no propagation is perfomed (to support path recomputation), in order to perform propagation the member function status must be used.

Committing with choices must be carried out in the same order as the choices have been obtained by the member function Space::choice().

It is perfectly okay to add constraints interleaved with choices (provided they are in the right order). However, if propagation is performed by calling the member function status and then new choices are computed, these choices are different.

Only choices can be used that are up-to-date in the following sense: if a new choice is created (via the choice member function), no older choices can be used.

Committing throws the following exceptions:

Definition at line 2473 of file core.hpp.