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Re: ,,improve'' readability in tree(3)

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Old 02-22-2008, 01:10 PM
kjell@pintday.org
 
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Default Re: ,,improve'' readability in tree(3)

> > lg -> log
>
> No, the original is correct. lg means log base 2.


Technically, it's half right, since the constant which differentiates
(lg n) from (log n) is eaten by the big-O.

But I'll go back under my rock now.

> > -Every operation on a red-black tree is bounded as O(lg n).
> > -The maximum height of a red-black tree is 2lg (n+1).
> > +Every operation on a red-black tree is bounded as O(log n).
> > +The maximum height of a red-black tree is 2log(n+1).
> > .Pp
> > A red-black tree is headed by a structure defined by the
> > .Fn RB_HEAD


-kj

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