ListSpace.c

1. define MAXITEMS 10000

int *space; int items = 0;

// Create a new listItem in the space and return its index int listInsert() { //printf("listInsert(): new item %d\n", items); return items++; }

// Start at subject listItem and traverse the object as an association to a new listItem // - object is also a listItem reference and its binary address is used as the traversal path // - subject and object (all list-item references are ints starting at item 0) int listTraverse(int subject, int object) { object += 2; // tmp: can't traverse items 0 or 1 int i; for (i = 1; i <= object >> 1; i <<= 1) { int *addr = space+subject*3+(object&i?1:0); subject = *addr ? *addr : (*addr = listInsert()); } return subject; }

// Get the value (payload key) of the subject Item int listGetValue(int subject) { return space[subject*3+2]; }

// Set the payload key of the subject Item to the passed value void listSetValue(int subject, int value) { space[subject*3+2] = value; }

// - treat each character in text as a list-item-index to traverse from root int traverseText(char *text) { int i,subject = 0; for (i=0; i<strlen(text); i++) subject = listTraverse(subject, (int)text[i]); return subject; }

// Allocate memory for maximum ListItems space = calloc(MAXITEMS*3, sizeof(int)); printf("%d bytes of memory allocated\n", MAXITEMS*3*sizeof(int));

// Insert items 0-127 as ascii character nodes // - this allows us to temporarily use list-space as a dictionary // since C/C++ doesn't inherently have one for (i=0; i<128; i++) listInsert();