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What name should I use for the “root” of a cycle?
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So, I'm writing a cyclic data structure. (In C#, but my question is language-nonspecific.) It's pretty simple: just a doubly-linked list that loops around on itself.
But while all nodes are equal, I need to single out one of them as my default entry point and reference: what is the proper name for this?
My issue is that most terms used to single out nodes in a structure like "root", "head", "top", "primary", etc. imply a hierarchy, which I explicitly do not have or desire. Others such as "current" and "active" are more egalitarian, but imply transience instead.
Right now I'm considering "origin", "handle", and even just "entry".
data-structures terminology cycle nomenclature
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So, I'm writing a cyclic data structure. (In C#, but my question is language-nonspecific.) It's pretty simple: just a doubly-linked list that loops around on itself.
But while all nodes are equal, I need to single out one of them as my default entry point and reference: what is the proper name for this?
My issue is that most terms used to single out nodes in a structure like "root", "head", "top", "primary", etc. imply a hierarchy, which I explicitly do not have or desire. Others such as "current" and "active" are more egalitarian, but imply transience instead.
Right now I'm considering "origin", "handle", and even just "entry".
data-structures terminology cycle nomenclature
asked Mar 27 at 17:35
Travis ReedTravis Reed
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'head' is the usual term, and doesn't imply a hierarchy, just firstness.
– Matt Timmermans
Mar 28 at 12:13
@MattTimmermans Doesn't firstness imply hierarchy? It implies that it comes before all and after none. In a cycle, all nodes come before and after all nodes, including themselves. Although I could see it working as a conceptual ouroboros of sorts.
– Travis Reed
Mar 28 at 17:22
add a comment |
So, I'm writing a cyclic data structure. (In C#, but my question is language-nonspecific.) It's pretty simple: just a doubly-linked list that loops around on itself.
But while all nodes are equal, I need to single out one of them as my default entry point and reference: what is the proper name for this?
My issue is that most terms used to single out nodes in a structure like "root", "head", "top", "primary", etc. imply a hierarchy, which I explicitly do not have or desire. Others such as "current" and "active" are more egalitarian, but imply transience instead.
Right now I'm considering "origin", "handle", and even just "entry".
data-structures terminology cycle nomenclature
asked Mar 27 at 17:35
Travis ReedTravis Reed
3832 silver badges9 bronze badges
So, I'm writing a cyclic data structure. (In C#, but my question is language-nonspecific.) It's pretty simple: just a doubly-linked list that loops around on itself.
But while all nodes are equal, I need to single out one of them as my default entry point and reference: what is the proper name for this?
My issue is that most terms used to single out nodes in a structure like "root", "head", "top", "primary", etc. imply a hierarchy, which I explicitly do not have or desire. Others such as "current" and "active" are more egalitarian, but imply transience instead.
Right now I'm considering "origin", "handle", and even just "entry".
data-structures terminology cycle nomenclature
data-structures terminology cycle nomenclature
asked Mar 27 at 17:35
Travis ReedTravis Reed
3832 silver badges9 bronze badges
asked Mar 27 at 17:35
Travis ReedTravis Reed
3832 silver badges9 bronze badges
asked Mar 27 at 17:35
Travis ReedTravis Reed
3832 silver badges9 bronze badges
asked Mar 27 at 17:35
Travis ReedTravis Reed
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asked Mar 27 at 17:35
Travis ReedTravis Reed
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3832 silver badges9 bronze badges
'head' is the usual term, and doesn't imply a hierarchy, just firstness.
– Matt Timmermans
Mar 28 at 12:13
@MattTimmermans Doesn't firstness imply hierarchy? It implies that it comes before all and after none. In a cycle, all nodes come before and after all nodes, including themselves. Although I could see it working as a conceptual ouroboros of sorts.
– Travis Reed
Mar 28 at 17:22
add a comment |
'head' is the usual term, and doesn't imply a hierarchy, just firstness.
– Matt Timmermans
Mar 28 at 12:13
@MattTimmermans Doesn't firstness imply hierarchy? It implies that it comes before all and after none. In a cycle, all nodes come before and after all nodes, including themselves. Although I could see it working as a conceptual ouroboros of sorts.
– Travis Reed
Mar 28 at 17:22
'head' is the usual term, and doesn't imply a hierarchy, just firstness.
– Matt Timmermans
Mar 28 at 12:13
'head' is the usual term, and doesn't imply a hierarchy, just firstness.
– Matt Timmermans
Mar 28 at 12:13
@MattTimmermans Doesn't firstness imply hierarchy? It implies that it comes before all and after none. In a cycle, all nodes come before and after all nodes, including themselves. Although I could see it working as a conceptual ouroboros of sorts.
– Travis Reed
Mar 28 at 17:22
@MattTimmermans Doesn't firstness imply hierarchy? It implies that it comes before all and after none. In a cycle, all nodes come before and after all nodes, including themselves. Although I could see it working as a conceptual ouroboros of sorts.
– Travis Reed
Mar 28 at 17:22
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You used entry, what's wrong with that?
You might use handle as it gives you a handle to your data.
answered Mar 27 at 17:47
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"Entry" could be interpreted as synonymous with "value", instead of as synonymous with "ingress".
– Travis Reed
Mar 27 at 19:54
What was used and why?
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You used entry, what's wrong with that?
You might use handle as it gives you a handle to your data.
answered Mar 27 at 17:47
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"Entry" could be interpreted as synonymous with "value", instead of as synonymous with "ingress".
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What was used and why?
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You used entry, what's wrong with that?
You might use handle as it gives you a handle to your data.
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"Entry" could be interpreted as synonymous with "value", instead of as synonymous with "ingress".
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What was used and why?
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You used entry, what's wrong with that?
You might use handle as it gives you a handle to your data.
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You used entry, what's wrong with that?
You might use handle as it gives you a handle to your data.
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"Entry" could be interpreted as synonymous with "value", instead of as synonymous with "ingress".
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Mar 27 at 19:54
What was used and why?
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Apr 2 at 4:18
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"Entry" could be interpreted as synonymous with "value", instead of as synonymous with "ingress".
– Travis Reed
Mar 27 at 19:54
What was used and why?
– Paddy3118
Apr 2 at 4:18
"Entry" could be interpreted as synonymous with "value", instead of as synonymous with "ingress".
– Travis Reed
Mar 27 at 19:54
"Entry" could be interpreted as synonymous with "value", instead of as synonymous with "ingress".
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Mar 27 at 19:54
What was used and why?
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'head' is the usual term, and doesn't imply a hierarchy, just firstness.
– Matt Timmermans
Mar 28 at 12:13
@MattTimmermans Doesn't firstness imply hierarchy? It implies that it comes before all and after none. In a cycle, all nodes come before and after all nodes, including themselves. Although I could see it working as a conceptual ouroboros of sorts.
– Travis Reed
Mar 28 at 17:22