1 //===- DeltaAlgorithm.h - A Set Minimization Algorithm ---------*- C++ -*--===//
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
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5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 #ifndef LLVM_ADT_DELTAALGORITHM_H
9 #define LLVM_ADT_DELTAALGORITHM_H
16 /// DeltaAlgorithm - Implements the delta debugging algorithm (A. Zeller '99)
17 /// for minimizing arbitrary sets using a predicate function.
19 /// The result of the algorithm is a subset of the input change set which is
20 /// guaranteed to satisfy the predicate, assuming that the input set did. For
21 /// well formed predicates, the result set is guaranteed to be such that
22 /// removing any single element would falsify the predicate.
24 /// For best results the predicate function *should* (but need not) satisfy
25 /// certain properties, in particular:
26 /// (1) The predicate should return false on an empty set and true on the full
28 /// (2) If the predicate returns true for a set of changes, it should return
29 /// true for all supersets of that set.
31 /// It is not an error to provide a predicate that does not satisfy these
32 /// requirements, and the algorithm will generally produce reasonable
33 /// results. However, it may run substantially more tests than with a good
35 class DeltaAlgorithm
{
37 using change_ty
= unsigned;
38 // FIXME: Use a decent data structure.
39 using changeset_ty
= std::set
<change_ty
>;
40 using changesetlist_ty
= std::vector
<changeset_ty
>;
43 /// Cache of failed test results. Successful test results are never cached
44 /// since we always reduce following a success.
45 std::set
<changeset_ty
> FailedTestsCache
;
47 /// GetTestResult - Get the test result for the \p Changes from the
48 /// cache, executing the test if necessary.
50 /// \param Changes - The change set to test.
51 /// \return - The test result.
52 bool GetTestResult(const changeset_ty
&Changes
);
54 /// Split - Partition a set of changes \p S into one or two subsets.
55 void Split(const changeset_ty
&S
, changesetlist_ty
&Res
);
57 /// Delta - Minimize a set of \p Changes which has been partioned into
58 /// smaller sets, by attempting to remove individual subsets.
59 changeset_ty
Delta(const changeset_ty
&Changes
,
60 const changesetlist_ty
&Sets
);
62 /// Search - Search for a subset (or subsets) in \p Sets which can be
63 /// removed from \p Changes while still satisfying the predicate.
65 /// \param Res - On success, a subset of Changes which satisfies the
67 /// \return - True on success.
68 bool Search(const changeset_ty
&Changes
, const changesetlist_ty
&Sets
,
72 /// UpdatedSearchState - Callback used when the search state changes.
73 virtual void UpdatedSearchState(const changeset_ty
&Changes
,
74 const changesetlist_ty
&Sets
) {}
76 /// ExecuteOneTest - Execute a single test predicate on the change set \p S.
77 virtual bool ExecuteOneTest(const changeset_ty
&S
) = 0;
79 DeltaAlgorithm
& operator=(const DeltaAlgorithm
&) = default;
82 virtual ~DeltaAlgorithm();
84 /// Run - Minimize the set \p Changes by executing \see ExecuteOneTest() on
85 /// subsets of changes and returning the smallest set which still satisfies
86 /// the test predicate.
87 changeset_ty
Run(const changeset_ty
&Changes
);
90 } // end namespace llvm
92 #endif // LLVM_ADT_DELTAALGORITHM_H