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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * integerset.c
 *    Data structure to hold a large set of 64-bit integers efficiently
 *
 * IntegerSet provides an in-memory data structure to hold a set of
 * arbitrary 64-bit integers.  Internally, the values are stored in a
 * B-tree, with a special packed representation at the leaf level using
 * the Simple-8b algorithm, which can pack clusters of nearby values
 * very tightly.
 *
 * Memory consumption depends on the number of values stored, but also
 * on how far the values are from each other.  In the best case, with
 * long runs of consecutive integers, memory consumption can be as low as
 * 0.1 bytes per integer.  In the worst case, if integers are more than
 * 2^32 apart, it uses about 8 bytes per integer.  In typical use, the
 * consumption per integer is somewhere between those extremes, depending
 * on the range of integers stored, and how "clustered" they are.
 *
 *
 * Interface
 * ---------
 *
 *  intset_create           - Create a new, empty set
 *  intset_add_member       - Add an integer to the set
 *  intset_is_member        - Test if an integer is in the set
 *  intset_begin_iterate    - Begin iterating through all integers in set
 *  intset_iterate_next     - Return next set member, if any
 *
 * intset_create() creates the set in the current memory context.  Subsequent
 * operations that add to the data structure will continue to allocate from
 * that same context, even if it's not current anymore.
 *
 * Note that there is no function to free an integer set.  If you need to do
 * that, create a dedicated memory context to hold it, and destroy the memory
 * context instead.
 *
 *
 * Limitations
 * -----------
 *
 * - Values must be added in order.  (Random insertions would require
 *   splitting nodes, which hasn't been implemented.)
 *
 * - Values cannot be added while iteration is in progress.
 *
 * - No support for removing values.
 *
 * None of these limitations are fundamental to the data structure, so they
 * could be lifted if needed, by writing some new code.  But the current
 * users of this facility don't need them.
 *
 *
 * References
 * ----------
 *
 * Simple-8b encoding is based on:
 *
 * Vo Ngoc Anh, Alistair Moffat, Index compression using 64-bit words,
 *   Software - Practice & Experience, v.40 n.2, p.131-147, February 2010
 *   (https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.948)
 *
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
 *    src/backend/lib/integerset.c
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#include "postgres.h"
 
#include "lib/integerset.h"
#include "utils/memutils.h"
 
 
/*
 * Maximum number of integers that can be encoded in a single Simple-8b
 * codeword. (Defined here before anything else, so that we can size arrays
 * using this.)
 */
#define SIMPLE8B_MAX_VALUES_PER_CODEWORD 240
 
/*
 * Parameters for shape of the in-memory B-tree.
 *
 * These set the size of each internal and leaf node.  They don't necessarily
 * need to be the same, because the tree is just an in-memory structure.
 * With the default 64, each node is about 1 kb.
 *
 * If you change these, you must recalculate MAX_TREE_LEVELS, too!
 */
#define MAX_INTERNAL_ITEMS  64
#define MAX_LEAF_ITEMS  64
 
/*
 * Maximum height of the tree.
 *
 * MAX_TREE_ITEMS is calculated from the "fan-out" of the B-tree.  The
 * theoretical maximum number of items that we can store in a set is 2^64,
 * so MAX_TREE_LEVELS should be set so that:
 *
 *   MAX_LEAF_ITEMS * MAX_INTERNAL_ITEMS ^ (MAX_TREE_LEVELS - 1) >= 2^64.
 *
 * In practice, we'll need far fewer levels, because you will run out of
 * memory long before reaching that number, but let's be conservative.
 */
#define MAX_TREE_LEVELS     11
 
/*
 * Node structures, for the in-memory B-tree.
 *
 * An internal node holds a number of downlink pointers to leaf nodes, or
 * to internal nodes on a lower level.  For each downlink, the key value
 * corresponding to the lower level node is stored in a sorted array.  The
 * stored key values are low keys.  In other words, if the downlink has value
 * X, then all items stored on that child are >= X.
 *
 * Each leaf node holds a number of "items", with a varying number of
 * integers packed into each item.  Each item consists of two 64-bit words:
 * The first word holds the first integer stored in the item, in plain format.
 * The second word contains between 0 and 240 more integers, packed using
 * Simple-8b encoding.  By storing the first integer in plain, unpacked,
 * format, we can use binary search to quickly find an item that holds (or
 * would hold) a particular integer.  And by storing the rest in packed form,
 * we still get pretty good memory density, if there are clusters of integers
 * with similar values.
 *
 * Each leaf node also has a pointer to the next leaf node, so that the leaf
 * nodes can be easily walked from beginning to end when iterating.
 */
typedef struct intset_node intset_node;
typedef struct intset_leaf_node intset_leaf_node;
typedef struct intset_internal_node intset_internal_node;
 
/* Common structure of both leaf and internal nodes. */
struct intset_node
{
    uint16      level;          /* tree level of this node */
    uint16      num_items;      /* number of items in this node */
};
 
/* Internal node */
struct intset_internal_node
{
    /* common header, must match intset_node */
    uint16      level;          /* >= 1 on internal nodes */
    uint16      num_items;
 
    /*
     * 'values' is an array of key values, and 'downlinks' are pointers to
     * lower-level nodes, corresponding to the key values.
     */
    uint64      values[MAX_INTERNAL_ITEMS];
    intset_node *downlinks[MAX_INTERNAL_ITEMS];
};
 
/* Leaf node */
typedef struct
{
    uint64      first;          /* first integer in this item */
    uint64      codeword;       /* simple8b encoded differences from 'first' */
} leaf_item;
 
#define MAX_VALUES_PER_LEAF_ITEM    (1 + SIMPLE8B_MAX_VALUES_PER_CODEWORD)
 
struct intset_leaf_node
{
    /* common header, must match intset_node */
    uint16      level;          /* 0 on leafs */
    uint16      num_items;
 
    intset_leaf_node *next;     /* right sibling, if any */
 
    leaf_item   items[MAX_LEAF_ITEMS];
};
 
/*
 * We buffer insertions in a simple array, before packing and inserting them
 * into the B-tree.  MAX_BUFFERED_VALUES sets the size of the buffer.  The
 * encoder assumes that it is large enough that we can always fill a leaf
 * item with buffered new items.  In other words, MAX_BUFFERED_VALUES must be
 * larger than MAX_VALUES_PER_LEAF_ITEM.  For efficiency, make it much larger.
 */
#define MAX_BUFFERED_VALUES         (MAX_VALUES_PER_LEAF_ITEM * 2)
 
/*
 * IntegerSet is the top-level object representing the set.
 *
 * The integers are stored in an in-memory B-tree structure, plus an array
 * for newly-added integers.  IntegerSet also tracks information about memory
 * usage, as well as the current position when iterating the set with
 * intset_begin_iterate / intset_iterate_next.
 */
struct IntegerSet
{
    /*
     * 'context' is the memory context holding this integer set and all its
     * tree nodes.
     *
     * 'mem_used' tracks the amount of memory used.  We don't do anything with
     * it in integerset.c itself, but the callers can ask for it with
     * intset_memory_usage().
     */
    MemoryContext context;
    uint64      mem_used;
 
    uint64      num_entries;    /* total # of values in the set */
    uint64      highest_value;  /* highest value stored in this set */
 
    /*
     * B-tree to hold the packed values.
     *
     * 'rightmost_nodes' hold pointers to the rightmost node on each level.
     * rightmost_parent[0] is rightmost leaf, rightmost_parent[1] is its
     * parent, and so forth, all the way up to the root. These are needed when
     * adding new values. (Currently, we require that new values are added at
     * the end.)
     */
    int         num_levels;     /* height of the tree */
    intset_node *root;          /* root node */
    intset_node *rightmost_nodes[MAX_TREE_LEVELS];
    intset_leaf_node *leftmost_leaf;    /* leftmost leaf node */
 
    /*
     * Holding area for new items that haven't been inserted to the tree yet.
     */
    uint64      buffered_values[MAX_BUFFERED_VALUES];
    int         num_buffered_values;
 
    /*
     * Iterator support.
     *
     * 'iter_values' is an array of integers ready to be returned to the
     * caller; 'iter_num_values' is the length of that array, and
     * 'iter_valueno' is the next index.  'iter_node' and 'iter_itemno' point
     * to the leaf node, and item within the leaf node, to get the next batch
     * of values from.
     *
     * Normally, 'iter_values' points to 'iter_values_buf', which holds items
     * decoded from a leaf item.  But after we have scanned the whole B-tree,
     * we iterate through all the unbuffered values, too, by pointing
     * iter_values to 'buffered_values'.
     */
    bool        iter_active;    /* is iteration in progress? */
 
    const uint64 *iter_values;
    int         iter_num_values;    /* number of elements in 'iter_values' */
    int         iter_valueno;   /* next index into 'iter_values' */
 
    intset_leaf_node *iter_node;    /* current leaf node */
    int         iter_itemno;    /* next item in 'iter_node' to decode */
 
    uint64      iter_values_buf[MAX_VALUES_PER_LEAF_ITEM];
};
 
/*
 * Prototypes for internal functions.
 */
static void intset_update_upper(IntegerSet *intset, int level,
                                intset_node *child, uint64 child_key);
static void intset_flush_buffered_values(IntegerSet *intset);
 
static int  intset_binsrch_uint64(uint64 item, uint64 *arr, int arr_elems,
                                  bool nextkey);
static int  intset_binsrch_leaf(uint64 item, leaf_item *arr, int arr_elems,
                                bool nextkey);
 
static uint64 simple8b_encode(const uint64 *ints, int *num_encoded, uint64 base);
static int  simple8b_decode(uint64 codeword, uint64 *decoded, uint64 base);
static bool simple8b_contains(uint64 codeword, uint64 key, uint64 base);
 
 
/*
 * Create a new, initially empty, integer set.
 *
 * The integer set is created in the current memory context.
 * We will do all subsequent allocations in the same context, too, regardless
 * of which memory context is current when new integers are added to the set.
 */
IntegerSet *
intset_create(void)
{
    IntegerSet *intset;
 
    intset = (IntegerSet *) palloc(sizeof(IntegerSet));
    intset->context = CurrentMemoryContext;
    intset->mem_used = GetMemoryChunkSpace(intset);
 
    intset->num_entries = 0;
    intset->highest_value = 0;
 
    intset->num_levels = 0;
    intset->root = NULL;
    memset(intset->rightmost_nodes, 0, sizeof(intset->rightmost_nodes));
    intset->leftmost_leaf = NULL;
 
    intset->num_buffered_values = 0;
 
    intset->iter_active = false;
    intset->iter_node = NULL;
    intset->iter_itemno = 0;
    intset->iter_valueno = 0;
    intset->iter_num_values = 0;
    intset->iter_values = NULL;
 
    return intset;
}
 
/*
 * Allocate a new node.
 */
static intset_internal_node *
intset_new_internal_node(IntegerSet *intset)
{
    intset_internal_node *n;
 
    n = (intset_internal_node *) MemoryContextAlloc(intset->context,
                                                    sizeof(intset_internal_node));
    intset->mem_used += GetMemoryChunkSpace(n);
 
    n->level = 0;               /* caller must set */
    n->num_items = 0;
 
    return n;
}
 
static intset_leaf_node *
intset_new_leaf_node(IntegerSet *intset)
{
    intset_leaf_node *n;
 
    n = (intset_leaf_node *) MemoryContextAlloc(intset->context,
                                                sizeof(intset_leaf_node));
    intset->mem_used += GetMemoryChunkSpace(n);
 
    n->level = 0;
    n->num_items = 0;
    n->next = NULL;
 
    return n;
}
 
/*
 * Return the number of entries in the integer set.
 */
uint64
intset_num_entries(IntegerSet *intset)
{
    return intset->num_entries;
}
 
/*
 * Return the amount of memory used by the integer set.
 */
uint64
intset_memory_usage(IntegerSet *intset)
{
    return intset->mem_used;
}
 
/*
 * Add a value to the set.
 *
 * Values must be added in order.
 */
void
intset_add_member(IntegerSet *intset, uint64 x)
{
    if (intset->iter_active)
        elog(ERROR, "cannot add new values to integer set while iteration is in progress");
 
    if (x <= intset->highest_value && intset->num_entries > 0)
        elog(ERROR, "cannot add value to integer set out of order");
 
    if (intset->num_buffered_values >= MAX_BUFFERED_VALUES)
    {
        /* Time to flush our buffer */
        intset_flush_buffered_values(intset);
        Assert(intset->num_buffered_values < MAX_BUFFERED_VALUES);
    }
 
    /* Add it to the buffer of newly-added values */
    intset->buffered_values[intset->num_buffered_values] = x;
    intset->num_buffered_values++;
    intset->num_entries++;
    intset->highest_value = x;
}
 
/*
 * Take a batch of buffered values, and pack them into the B-tree.
 */
static void
intset_flush_buffered_values(IntegerSet *intset)
{
    uint64     *values = intset->buffered_values;
    uint64      num_values = intset->num_buffered_values;
    int         num_packed = 0;
    intset_leaf_node *leaf;
 
    leaf = (intset_leaf_node *) intset->rightmost_nodes[0];
 
    /*
     * If the tree is completely empty, create the first leaf page, which is
     * also the root.
     */
    if (leaf == NULL)
    {
        /*
         * This is the very first item in the set.
         *
         * Allocate root node. It's also a leaf.
         */
        leaf = intset_new_leaf_node(intset);
 
        intset->root = (intset_node *) leaf;
        intset->leftmost_leaf = leaf;
        intset->rightmost_nodes[0] = (intset_node *) leaf;
        intset->num_levels = 1;
    }
 
    /*
     * If there are less than MAX_VALUES_PER_LEAF_ITEM values in the buffer,
     * stop.  In most cases, we cannot encode that many values in a single
     * value, but this way, the encoder doesn't have to worry about running
     * out of input.
     */
    while (num_values - num_packed >= MAX_VALUES_PER_LEAF_ITEM)
    {
        leaf_item   item;
        int         num_encoded;
 
        /*
         * Construct the next leaf item, packing as many buffered values as
         * possible.
         */
        item.first = values[num_packed];
        item.codeword = simple8b_encode(&values[num_packed + 1],
                                        &num_encoded,
                                        item.first);
 
        /*
         * Add the item to the node, allocating a new node if the old one is
         * full.
         */
        if (leaf->num_items >= MAX_LEAF_ITEMS)
        {
            /* Allocate new leaf and link it to the tree */
            intset_leaf_node *old_leaf = leaf;
 
            leaf = intset_new_leaf_node(intset);
            old_leaf->next = leaf;
            intset->rightmost_nodes[0] = (intset_node *) leaf;
            intset_update_upper(intset, 1, (intset_node *) leaf, item.first);
        }
        leaf->items[leaf->num_items++] = item;
 
        num_packed += 1 + num_encoded;
    }
 
    /*
     * Move any remaining buffered values to the beginning of the array.
     */
    if (num_packed < intset->num_buffered_values)
    {
        memmove(&intset->buffered_values[0],
                &intset->buffered_values[num_packed],
                (intset->num_buffered_values - num_packed) * sizeof(uint64));
    }
    intset->num_buffered_values -= num_packed;
}
 
/*
 * Insert a downlink into parent node, after creating a new node.
 *
 * Recurses if the parent node is full, too.
 */
static void
intset_update_upper(IntegerSet *intset, int level, intset_node *child,
                    uint64 child_key)
{
    intset_internal_node *parent;
 
    Assert(level > 0);
 
    /*
     * Create a new root node, if necessary.
     */
    if (level >= intset->num_levels)
    {
        intset_node *oldroot = intset->root;
        uint64      downlink_key;
 
        /* MAX_TREE_LEVELS should be more than enough, this shouldn't happen */
        if (intset->num_levels == MAX_TREE_LEVELS)
            elog(ERROR, "could not expand integer set, maximum number of levels reached");
        intset->num_levels++;
 
        /*
         * Get the first value on the old root page, to be used as the
         * downlink.
         */
        if (intset->root->level == 0)
            downlink_key = ((intset_leaf_node *) oldroot)->items[0].first;
        else
            downlink_key = ((intset_internal_node *) oldroot)->values[0];
 
        parent = intset_new_internal_node(intset);
        parent->level = level;
        parent->values[0] = downlink_key;
        parent->downlinks[0] = oldroot;
        parent->num_items = 1;
 
        intset->root = (intset_node *) parent;
        intset->rightmost_nodes[level] = (intset_node *) parent;
    }
 
    /*
     * Place the downlink on the parent page.
     */
    parent = (intset_internal_node *) intset->rightmost_nodes[level];
 
    if (parent->num_items < MAX_INTERNAL_ITEMS)
    {
        parent->values[parent->num_items] = child_key;
        parent->downlinks[parent->num_items] = child;
        parent->num_items++;
    }
    else
    {
        /*
         * Doesn't fit.  Allocate new parent, with the downlink as the first
         * item on it, and recursively insert the downlink to the new parent
         * to the grandparent.
         */
        parent = intset_new_internal_node(intset);
        parent->level = level;
        parent->values[0] = child_key;
        parent->downlinks[0] = child;
        parent->num_items = 1;
 
        intset->rightmost_nodes[level] = (intset_node *) parent;
 
        intset_update_upper(intset, level + 1, (intset_node *) parent, child_key);
    }
}
 
/*
 * Does the set contain the given value?
 */
bool
intset_is_member(IntegerSet *intset, uint64 x)
{
    intset_node *node;
    intset_leaf_node *leaf;
    int         level;
    int         itemno;
    leaf_item  *item;
 
    /*
     * The value might be in the buffer of newly-added values.
     */
    if (intset->num_buffered_values > 0 && x >= intset->buffered_values[0])
    {
        itemno = intset_binsrch_uint64(x,
                                       intset->buffered_values,
                                       intset->num_buffered_values,
                                       false);
        if (itemno >= intset->num_buffered_values)
            return false;
        else
            return (intset->buffered_values[itemno] == x);
    }
 
    /*
     * Start from the root, and walk down the B-tree to find the right leaf
     * node.
     */
    if (!intset->root)
        return false;
    node = intset->root;
    for (level = intset->num_levels - 1; level > 0; level--)
    {
        intset_internal_node *n = (intset_internal_node *) node;
 
        Assert(node->level == level);
 
        itemno = intset_binsrch_uint64(x, n->values, n->num_items, true);
        if (itemno == 0)
            return false;
        node = n->downlinks[itemno - 1];
    }
    Assert(node->level == 0);
    leaf = (intset_leaf_node *) node;
 
    /*
     * Binary search to find the right item on the leaf page
     */
    itemno = intset_binsrch_leaf(x, leaf->items, leaf->num_items, true);
    if (itemno == 0)
        return false;
    item = &leaf->items[itemno - 1];
 
    /* Is this a match to the first value on the item? */
    if (item->first == x)
        return true;
    Assert(x > item->first);
 
    /* Is it in the packed codeword? */
    if (simple8b_contains(item->codeword, x, item->first))
        return true;
 
    return false;
}
 
/*
 * Begin in-order scan through all the values.
 *
 * While the iteration is in-progress, you cannot add new values to the set.
 */
void
intset_begin_iterate(IntegerSet *intset)
{
    /* Note that we allow an iteration to be abandoned midway */
    intset->iter_active = true;
    intset->iter_node = intset->leftmost_leaf;
    intset->iter_itemno = 0;
    intset->iter_valueno = 0;
    intset->iter_num_values = 0;
    intset->iter_values = intset->iter_values_buf;
}
 
/*
 * Returns the next integer, when iterating.
 *
 * intset_begin_iterate() must be called first.  intset_iterate_next() returns
 * the next value in the set.  Returns true, if there was another value, and
 * stores the value in *next.  Otherwise, returns false.
 */
bool
intset_iterate_next(IntegerSet *intset, uint64 *next)
{
    Assert(intset->iter_active);
    for (;;)
    {
        /* Return next iter_values[] entry if any */
        if (intset->iter_valueno < intset->iter_num_values)
        {
            *next = intset->iter_values[intset->iter_valueno++];
            return true;
        }
 
        /* Decode next item in current leaf node, if any */
        if (intset->iter_node &&
            intset->iter_itemno < intset->iter_node->num_items)
        {
            leaf_item  *item;
            int         num_decoded;
 
            item = &intset->iter_node->items[intset->iter_itemno++];
 
            intset->iter_values_buf[0] = item->first;
            num_decoded = simple8b_decode(item->codeword,
                                          &intset->iter_values_buf[1],
                                          item->first);
            intset->iter_num_values = num_decoded + 1;
            intset->iter_valueno = 0;
            continue;
        }
 
        /* No more items on this leaf, step to next node */
        if (intset->iter_node)
        {
            intset->iter_node = intset->iter_node->next;
            intset->iter_itemno = 0;
            continue;
        }
 
        /*
         * We have reached the end of the B-tree.  But we might still have
         * some integers in the buffer of newly-added values.
         */
        if (intset->iter_values == (const uint64 *) intset->iter_values_buf)
        {
            intset->iter_values = intset->buffered_values;
            intset->iter_num_values = intset->num_buffered_values;
            intset->iter_valueno = 0;
            continue;
        }
 
        break;
    }
 
    /* No more results. */
    intset->iter_active = false;
    *next = 0;                  /* prevent uninitialized-variable warnings */
    return false;
}
 
/*
 * intset_binsrch_uint64() -- search a sorted array of uint64s
 *
 * Returns the first position with key equal or less than the given key.
 * The returned position would be the "insert" location for the given key,
 * that is, the position where the new key should be inserted to.
 *
 * 'nextkey' affects the behavior on equal keys.  If true, and there is an
 * equal key in the array, this returns the position immediately after the
 * equal key.  If false, this returns the position of the equal key itself.
 */
static int
intset_binsrch_uint64(uint64 item, uint64 *arr, int arr_elems, bool nextkey)
{
    int         low,
                high,
                mid;
 
    low = 0;
    high = arr_elems;
    while (high > low)
    {
        mid = low + (high - low) / 2;
 
        if (nextkey)
        {
            if (item >= arr[mid])
                low = mid + 1;
            else
                high = mid;
        }
        else
        {
            if (item > arr[mid])
                low = mid + 1;
            else
                high = mid;
        }
    }
 
    return low;
}
 
/* same, but for an array of leaf items */
static int
intset_binsrch_leaf(uint64 item, leaf_item *arr, int arr_elems, bool nextkey)
{
    int         low,
                high,
                mid;
 
    low = 0;
    high = arr_elems;
    while (high > low)
    {
        mid = low + (high - low) / 2;
 
        if (nextkey)
        {
            if (item >= arr[mid].first)
                low = mid + 1;
            else
                high = mid;
        }
        else
        {
            if (item > arr[mid].first)
                low = mid + 1;
            else
                high = mid;
        }
    }
 
    return low;
}
 
/*
 * Simple-8b encoding.
 *
 * The simple-8b algorithm packs between 1 and 240 integers into 64-bit words,
 * called "codewords".  The number of integers packed into a single codeword
 * depends on the integers being packed; small integers are encoded using
 * fewer bits than large integers.  A single codeword can store a single
 * 60-bit integer, or two 30-bit integers, for example.
 *
 * Since we're storing a unique, sorted, set of integers, we actually encode
 * the *differences* between consecutive integers.  That way, clusters of
 * integers that are close to each other are packed efficiently, regardless
 * of their absolute values.
 *
 * In Simple-8b, each codeword consists of a 4-bit selector, which indicates
 * how many integers are encoded in the codeword, and the encoded integers are
 * packed into the remaining 60 bits.  The selector allows for 16 different
 * ways of using the remaining 60 bits, called "modes".  The number of integers
 * packed into a single codeword in each mode is listed in the simple8b_modes
 * table below.  For example, consider the following codeword:
 *
 *      20-bit integer       20-bit integer       20-bit integer
 * 1101 00000000000000010010 01111010000100100000 00000000000000010100
 * ^
 * selector
 *
 * The selector 1101 is 13 in decimal.  From the modes table below, we see
 * that it means that the codeword encodes three 20-bit integers.  In decimal,
 * those integers are 18, 500000 and 20.  Because we encode deltas rather than
 * absolute values, the actual values that they represent are 18, 500018 and
 * 500038.
 *
 * Modes 0 and 1 are a bit special; they encode a run of 240 or 120 zeroes
 * (which means 240 or 120 consecutive integers, since we're encoding the
 * deltas between integers), without using the rest of the codeword bits
 * for anything.
 *
 * Simple-8b cannot encode integers larger than 60 bits.  Values larger than
 * that are always stored in the 'first' field of a leaf item, never in the
 * packed codeword.  If there is a sequence of integers that are more than
 * 2^60 apart, the codeword will go unused on those items.  To represent that,
 * we use a magic EMPTY_CODEWORD codeword value.
 */
static const struct simple8b_mode
{
    uint8       bits_per_int;
    uint8       num_ints;
}           simple8b_modes[17] =
 
{
    {0, 240},                   /* mode  0: 240 zeroes */
    {0, 120},                   /* mode  1: 120 zeroes */
    {1, 60},                    /* mode  2: sixty 1-bit integers */
    {2, 30},                    /* mode  3: thirty 2-bit integers */
    {3, 20},                    /* mode  4: twenty 3-bit integers */
    {4, 15},                    /* mode  5: fifteen 4-bit integers */
    {5, 12},                    /* mode  6: twelve 5-bit integers */
    {6, 10},                    /* mode  7: ten 6-bit integers */
    {7, 8},                     /* mode  8: eight 7-bit integers (four bits
                                 * are wasted) */
    {8, 7},                     /* mode  9: seven 8-bit integers (four bits
                                 * are wasted) */
    {10, 6},                    /* mode 10: six 10-bit integers */
    {12, 5},                    /* mode 11: five 12-bit integers */
    {15, 4},                    /* mode 12: four 15-bit integers */
    {20, 3},                    /* mode 13: three 20-bit integers */
    {30, 2},                    /* mode 14: two 30-bit integers */
    {60, 1},                    /* mode 15: one 60-bit integer */
 
    {0, 0}                      /* sentinel value */
};
 
/*
 * EMPTY_CODEWORD is a special value, used to indicate "no values".
 * It is used if the next value is too large to be encoded with Simple-8b.
 *
 * This value looks like a mode-0 codeword, but we can distinguish it
 * because a regular mode-0 codeword would have zeroes in the unused bits.
 */
#define EMPTY_CODEWORD      UINT64CONST(0x0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
 
/*
 * Encode a number of integers into a Simple-8b codeword.
 *
 * (What we actually encode are deltas between successive integers.
 * "base" is the value before ints[0].)
 *
 * The input array must contain at least SIMPLE8B_MAX_VALUES_PER_CODEWORD
 * elements, ensuring that we can produce a full codeword.
 *
 * Returns the encoded codeword, and sets *num_encoded to the number of
 * input integers that were encoded.  That can be zero, if the first delta
 * is too large to be encoded.
 */
static uint64
simple8b_encode(const uint64 *ints, int *num_encoded, uint64 base)
{
    int         selector;
    int         nints;
    int         bits;
    uint64      diff;
    uint64      last_val;
    uint64      codeword;
    int         i;
 
    Assert(ints[0] > base);
 
    /*
     * Select the "mode" to use for this codeword.
     *
     * In each iteration, check if the next value can be represented in the
     * current mode we're considering.  If it's too large, then step up the
     * mode to a wider one, and repeat.  If it fits, move on to the next
     * integer.  Repeat until the codeword is full, given the current mode.
     *
     * Note that we don't have any way to represent unused slots in the
     * codeword, so we require each codeword to be "full".  It is always
     * possible to produce a full codeword unless the very first delta is too
     * large to be encoded.  For example, if the first delta is small but the
     * second is too large to be encoded, we'll end up using the last "mode",
     * which has nints == 1.
     */
    selector = 0;
    nints = simple8b_modes[0].num_ints;
    bits = simple8b_modes[0].bits_per_int;
    diff = ints[0] - base - 1;
    last_val = ints[0];
    i = 0;                      /* number of deltas we have accepted */
    for (;;)
    {
        if (diff >= (UINT64CONST(1) << bits))
        {
            /* too large, step up to next mode */
            selector++;
            nints = simple8b_modes[selector].num_ints;
            bits = simple8b_modes[selector].bits_per_int;
            /* we might already have accepted enough deltas for this mode */
            if (i >= nints)
                break;
        }
        else
        {
            /* accept this delta; then done if codeword is full */
            i++;
            if (i >= nints)
                break;
            /* examine next delta */
            Assert(ints[i] > last_val);
            diff = ints[i] - last_val - 1;
            last_val = ints[i];
        }
    }
 
    if (nints == 0)
    {
        /*
         * The first delta is too large to be encoded with Simple-8b.
         *
         * If there is at least one not-too-large integer in the input, we
         * will encode it using mode 15 (or a more compact mode).  Hence, we
         * can only get here if the *first* delta is >= 2^60.
         */
        Assert(i == 0);
        *num_encoded = 0;
        return EMPTY_CODEWORD;
    }
 
    /*
     * Encode the integers using the selected mode.  Note that we shift them
     * into the codeword in reverse order, so that they will come out in the
     * correct order in the decoder.
     */
    codeword = 0;
    if (bits > 0)
    {
        for (i = nints - 1; i > 0; i--)
        {
            diff = ints[i] - ints[i - 1] - 1;
            codeword |= diff;
            codeword <<= bits;
        }
        diff = ints[0] - base - 1;
        codeword |= diff;
    }
 
    /* add selector to the codeword, and return */
    codeword |= (uint64) selector << 60;
 
    *num_encoded = nints;
    return codeword;
}
 
/*
 * Decode a codeword into an array of integers.
 * Returns the number of integers decoded.
 */
static int
simple8b_decode(uint64 codeword, uint64 *decoded, uint64 base)
{
    int         selector = (codeword >> 60);
    int         nints = simple8b_modes[selector].num_ints;
    int         bits = simple8b_modes[selector].bits_per_int;
    uint64      mask = (UINT64CONST(1) << bits) - 1;
    uint64      curr_value;
 
    if (codeword == EMPTY_CODEWORD)
        return 0;
 
    curr_value = base;
    for (int i = 0; i < nints; i++)
    {
        uint64      diff = codeword & mask;
 
        curr_value += 1 + diff;
        decoded[i] = curr_value;
        codeword >>= bits;
    }
    return nints;
}
 
/*
 * This is very similar to simple8b_decode(), but instead of decoding all
 * the values to an array, it just checks if the given "key" is part of
 * the codeword.
 */
static bool
simple8b_contains(uint64 codeword, uint64 key, uint64 base)
{
    int         selector = (codeword >> 60);
    int         nints = simple8b_modes[selector].num_ints;
    int         bits = simple8b_modes[selector].bits_per_int;
 
    if (codeword == EMPTY_CODEWORD)
        return false;
 
    if (bits == 0)
    {
        /* Special handling for 0-bit cases. */
        return (key - base) <= nints;
    }
    else
    {
        uint64      mask = (UINT64CONST(1) << bits) - 1;
        uint64      curr_value;
 
        curr_value = base;
        for (int i = 0; i < nints; i++)
        {
            uint64      diff = codeword & mask;
 
            curr_value += 1 + diff;
 
            if (curr_value >= key)
            {
                if (curr_value == key)
                    return true;
                else
                    return false;
            }
 
            codeword >>= bits;
        }
    }
    return false;
}