Re: [PATCH v5 6/7] revision.c: generation-based topo-order algorithm

From: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 1, 2018, 15:48 UTC
Message-ID: <20181101154857.GW30222@szeder.dev>
In-Reply-To: <20181101134623.84055-7-dstolee@microsoft.com>

On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 01:46:22PM +0000, Derrick Stolee wrote:

> 1. EXPLORE: using the explore_queue priority queue (ordered by
>    maximizing the generation number)

> 2. INDEGREE: using the indegree_queue priority queue (ordered
>    by maximizing the generation number)

Nit: I've been pondering for a while what exactly does "order by
maximizing ..." mean.  Highest to lowest or lowest to highest?  If I
understand the rest of the descriptions (that I snipped) correctly,
then it's the former, but I find that phrase in itself too ambiguous.

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