IntPool

class emlib.containers.IntPool(capacity, start=0)

Bases: object

A pool of unique intergers with fixed size

A pool will contain the integers in the range [start, start + capacity). Internally an IntPool is really a set. This means that items within the pool are unordered.

Parameters:

• capacity (int) – the capacity (size) of the pool.

• start – first element

Example

>>> from emlib.containers import IntPool
>>> pool = IntPool(10)
>>> token = pool.pop()
>>> len(pool)
9
>>> pool.push(token)
>>> len(pool)
10
>>> pool.push(4)
ValueError: token 4 already in pool

Methods Summary

pop()	Take an item from the pool
push(token)	Return an item to the pool

Methods Documentation

pop()

Take an item from the pool

Return type:

int

push(token)

Return an item to the pool

Raises ValueError if the token is already in the pool or the token is not within the range of the pool

Return type:

None