cd::CDNameT Struct Reference

A type to uniquely name a CD in the tree. More...

#include <cd.h>

Public Attributes
uint	level
	Level within the tree (root=0)
uint	number
	Unique ID within level.

Detailed Description

A type to uniquely name a CD in the tree.

A CD name consists of its level in the CD tree (root=0)and the its ID, or sequence number, within that level.

Note

Alternatives:

• The alternative of simply a unique name misses the idea of levels in the tree; the idea of hierarchy is central to CDs so this is a bad alternative.
• The alternative of naming a CD by its entire "branch" leads to requiring the name to be parsed to identify the level; the level is typically the most crucial information so this seems unduly complex.
• A third alternative is to store the branch information as a std::vector, so the vector's length is the level. However, this means the name is rather long.

Todo:

Decide on whether to represent a CD name as (level, num) or as typedef std::vector<uint> CDNameT; to represent the path through the tree branches.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• cd.h