comparison mercurial/ancestor.py @ 9915:806e6b6cb8d8

ancestor: improve docstring

The term "least common ancestor" is highly ambiguous.

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import heapq

def ancestor(a, b, pfunc):
    """
    return the least common ancestor of nodes a and b or None if there
    is no such ancestor.

    pfunc must return a list of parent vertices
    """

    if a == b:
        return a

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import heapq

def ancestor(a, b, pfunc):
    """
    return a minimal-distance ancestor of nodes a and b, or None if there is no
    such ancestor. Note that there can be several ancestors with the same
    (minimal) distance, and the one returned is arbitrary.

    pfunc must return a list of parent vertices for a given vertex
    """

    if a == b:
        return a