-- a set class for fast union/diff, can always return a table with the lines -- in the same relative order in which they were added by calling the -- to_table method. It does this by keeping two lua tables that mirror each -- other: -- 1) index => item -- 2) item => index local Set = {} function Set:new(items) local obj = {} setmetatable(obj, self) self.__index = self if type(items) == 'table' then local tempset = Set:new() tempset:union_table(items) obj.tbl = tempset:raw_tbl() obj.items = tempset:raw_items() obj.nelem = tempset:size() else obj.tbl = {} obj.items = {} obj.nelem = 0 end return obj end -- adds the argument Set to this Set function Set:union(other) for e in other:iterator() do self:add(e) end end -- adds the argument table to this Set function Set:union_table(t) for k, v in pairs(t) do self:add(v) end end -- subtracts the argument Set from this Set function Set:diff(other) if other:size() > self:size() then -- this set is smaller than the other set for e in self:iterator() do if other:contains(e) then self:remove(e) end end else -- this set is larger than the other set for e in other:iterator() do if self.items[e] then self:remove(e) end end end end function Set:add(it) if not self:contains(it) then local idx = #self.tbl + 1 self.tbl[idx] = it self.items[it] = idx self.nelem = self.nelem + 1 end end function Set:remove(it) if self:contains(it) then local idx = self.items[it] self.tbl[idx] = nil self.items[it] = nil self.nelem = self.nelem - 1 end end function Set:contains(it) return self.items[it] or false end function Set:size() return self.nelem end function Set:raw_tbl() return self.tbl end function Set:raw_items() return self.items end function Set:iterator() return pairs(self.items) end function Set:to_table() -- there might be gaps in @tbl, so we have to be careful and sort first local keys do local _accum_0 = { } local _len_0 = 1 for idx, _ in pairs(self.tbl) do _accum_0[_len_0] = idx _len_0 = _len_0 + 1 end keys = _accum_0 end table.sort(keys) local copy do local _accum_0 = { } local _len_0 = 1 for _index_0 = 1, #keys do local idx = keys[_index_0] _accum_0[_len_0] = self.tbl[idx] _len_0 = _len_0 + 1 end copy = _accum_0 end return copy end return Set