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Fast*er* string comparison - an alternative to thousands of strcmp calls
RES: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trie
RES: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffix_tree
RES: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix_tree
RES: facweb.cs.depaul.edu/mobasher/classes/csc575/Suffix_Trees/index.html
TECHNICALS
struct nod
* data structure that represents a node of the tree
struct nod *mknod(struct nod *prnt)
* create a child node below given parent node
* returns: pointer to said node or NULL if fails
int mkstr(struct nod *rot, char *str)
* fit string into tree if it does not already exist
* warning: string has to be null-byte terminated
* returns: the assigned ID of the string or -1 if fails
int gentree(struct nod *rot, char *strs)
* generate tree from character seperated strings
* warning: seperation character is '\n'
* returns: 0 if ok or -1 if fails
int streecmp(struct nod *rot, char *str)
* traverse tree and search for str
* returns: id of string or 0 if there is no match
TODO
* Characters "hashmap" to remove linear checking of children nodes
* Remove memory leaks
* Add alloc/free functions
* NULL checking
COMMITS
Each commit is prefixed with an indicator token of what the change is
*mostly* about. List of tokens is:
* repo: change docs or code style
* feat: implement new change
* fix: implement fix for a bug