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SQL API and compatibility sql/circuits/*, sql/sigs/pgrouting--4.1.sig, sql/scripts/build-extension-update-files.pl |
Adds overloads for one or multiple start vertices, depth bounds, self-loop and U-turn options, and revised output columns. Retains the text-only wrapper as deprecated and adds upgrade handling for older signatures. |
Circuit enumeration and graph construction include/circuits/*, include/cpp_common/base_graph.hpp, include/cpp_common/circuits_t.hpp, src/circuits/hawick_circuits.cpp, src/dijkstra/shortestPath_driver.cpp |
Adds circuit data types and enumeration. The implementation filters by requested starts and depth, handles parallel arcs, self-loops, and same-edge U-turns, and dispatches standard and unique circuit requests. |
PostgreSQL processing and result conversion include/process/circuits_process.h, src/circuits/*, src/cpp_common/to_postgres.cpp, src/dijkstra/shortestPath_process.cpp, src/ksp/kPaths_process.cpp |
Adds circuit processing and conversion to Path_rt rows. Updates the legacy entry point and passes default circuit options from existing shortest-path and KSP calls. |
Examples and regression tests docqueries/circuits/*, pgtap/circuits/hawickCircuits/*, pgtap/circuits/hawickCircuits_deprecated/* |
Adds examples and result fixtures for start vertices and option combinations. Adds tests for circuit output, depth limits, U-turn behavior, overload signatures, and legacy version handling. |
Documentation and release records NEWS.md, doc/circuits/*, doc/src/*, doc/_static/page_history.js, doc/conf.py.in, locale/*, doc/driving_distance/*, doc/spanningTree/* |
Documents the revised API, parameters, results, and examples. Updates experimental-function navigation and 4.1.0 release notes. Changes shared result-column includes in driving-distance and spanning-tree pages. |
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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes
Change: Feature
Sequence Diagram(s)
sequenceDiagram
participant SQL as _pgr_hawickcircuits_v4
participant Process as pgr_process_circuits
participant Driver as do_shortestPath
participant Algorithm as hawickCircuits
participant Converter as get_tuples
SQL->>Process: Pass edge SQL, starts, and circuit options
Process->>Driver: Dispatch circuit request
Driver->>Algorithm: Enumerate circuits
Algorithm-->>Driver: Return circuit paths
Driver->>Converter: Convert circuits to Path_rt rows
Converter-->>SQL: Return Path_rt results
Possibly related issues
- pgRouting/pgrouting#3171: This issue describes the companion
pgr_hawickUniqueCircuitsfunction. The changes add an internal unique-circuit path, but do not add that separate public function.
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The PR still ships misleading documentation and can produce incorrect self-loop results; these issues should be fixed before merging.
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Check name Status Explanation Resolution Linked Issues check Direct issue #3170requires the canonical circuit API and optional depth, self-loop, and U-turn controls. The current public SQL defines only the(TEXT, BIGINT, ...)and(TEXT, ANYARRAY, ...)over…Add the (TEXT, min_depth, max_depth, self_loops, u_turn_on_edge)overload with default values. Register the signature. Add automated tests that call this overload and verify its option behavior.Title check The title "New code for pgr_hawickCircuits" names the function the PR changes, but it is vague. It says "New code" and does not state the main change. The PR rewrites pgr_hawickCircuits as an arc-dist… Rewrite the title to name the main change. For example: "Rewrite pgr_hawickCircuits with start vertices, depth limits, and U-turn options". -
Check name Status Explanation Description Check Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled. Out of Scope Changes check The changes support issue #3170. They implement circuit enumeration, parallel-arc expansion, start-vertex selection, option handling, process and driver integration, result conversion, compatibility s…Docstring Coverage Docstring coverage is inconclusive: files from earlier reviews still need to be rechecked within the check's analysis limits. Not blocking. Full details: Out of Scope Changes check
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The changes support issue
#3170. They implement circuit enumeration, parallel-arc expansion, start-vertex selection, option handling, process and driver integration, result conversion, compatibility support, tests, and documentation. The internal unique-circuit helper and shared documentation updates support this integration. No concrete unrelated change is established.
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Direct issue
#3170requires the canonical circuit API and optional depth, self-loop, and U-turn controls. The current public SQL defines only the(TEXT, BIGINT, ...)and(TEXT, ANYARRAY, ...)overloads. The deprecated(TEXT)overload has no options. Therefore, callers cannot use a dedicated all-circuits overload with these options. The enumerator and tests cover parallel arcs, start vertices, depth limits, self-loops, and U-turns, but the required public overload is absent.Resolution
Add the
(TEXT, min_depth, max_depth, self_loops, u_turn_on_edge)overload with default values. Register the signature. Add automated tests that call this overload and verify its option behavior.
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The title "New code for pgr_hawickCircuits" names the function the PR changes, but it is vague. It says "New code" and does not state the main change. The PR rewrites pgr_hawickCircuits as an arc-distinct enumerator with new overloads for start vertices, depth limits, and self-loop and U-turn options, and moves it to the process/driver approach. The title is related to the changeset but does not describe the primary change.
Resolution
Rewrite the title to name the main change. For example: "Rewrite pgr_hawickCircuits with start vertices, depth limits, and U-turn options".
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Review comments at @doc/_static/page_history.js:
- Line 20: Update the page-history entry from `circuits_family` to
`circuits-family` so it matches the document name and the history widget’s
lookup key.
Review comments at @doc/circuits/pgr_hawickCircuits.rst:
- Around line 98-99: Update the pgr_hawickCircuits signature and options
documentation to show that callers must provide a start argument when using
options. Document 0 or an empty array as the start argument for requesting all
circuits, and do not imply that the new overloads support options without a
start argument.
- Around line 61-62: Update the graph-description sentence in the Hawick
circuits documentation to remove the claim that higher-cost parallel edges are
discarded or that only the lowest-cost edges are kept. Preserve the documented
behavior that parallel arcs remain distinct for enumeration, consistent with the
c_example result.
- Line 246: Update the Hawick circuits documentation link in the reference to
use the previously working version-specific Boost URL or another verified
current URL, ensuring it resolves to the algorithm reference.
Review comments at @include/cpp_common/base_graph.hpp:
- Around line 915-958: Correct the worked examples in the
`graph_add_edge_no_parallel` documentation: in the first case, state that the
direction is selected by comparing `(c1 - c3)` with `(c2 - c4)`, and show the
resulting costs and edge IDs accurately for each outcome. In the second case,
use consistent `v1`/`v2` endpoints and remove the unsupported `c4` outcome,
since `e2` has no reverse cost.
Review comments at @locale/pot/pgrouting_doc_strings.pot:
- Around line 10825-10831: Separate the two behaviors in the documentation
string: when no start vertices are given, state that each circuit is returned
once in canonical order based on graph vertex insertion order; when start
vertices are given, state that each circuit is returned for every requested
vertex it contains and results are grouped by start_vid. Replace the malformed
combined wording in the msgid while leaving unrelated strings unchanged.
Review comments at @sql/circuits/hawickCircuits_deprecated.sql:
- Around line 31-56: Restore the legacy nine-column return shape in the
pgr_hawickCircuits(TEXT) wrapper: include path_seq and remove depth and pred
from its OUT columns. Map the _pgr_hawickCircuits_v4 output to that legacy
shape, preserving the expected column order and count for existing clients.
Review comments at @src/circuits/hawickCircuits_deprecated.c:
- Around line 58-129: Update the deprecated wrapper’s row conversion to use a
dedicated legacy adapter rather than deriving legacy fields from the new layout.
Serialize edge rows first with path_seq values 0 through n-1, then the edge = -1
marker row with path_seq n; use the source node for edge rows and preserve
legacy agg_cost semantics.
Review comments at @src/dijkstra/shortestPath_driver.cpp:
- Around line 164-180: Correct the depth-validation messages in the circuit
checks: quote only the min_depth parameter name, describe its valid range as
non-negative, and make the max_depth < min_depth error text state that min_depth
is greater than max_depth. Leave the validation conditions and existing log
message unchanged.
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🟡 Minor · Handle self-loops separately in graph_add_edge_no_parallel. · base_graph.hpp:938-954
include/cpp_common/base_graph.hpp:938-954
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winHandle self-loops separately in
graph_add_edge_no_parallel.For a self-loop,
vm_s == vm_t, soe1ande2are the same edge descriptor. This breaks two assumptions in the function.
- First insertion. When both
costandreverse_costare non-negative, the code adds two loopsv->v. The graph then contains parallel loops.- Later loop with a different id.
u_turnis true, becausegraph[e1].id == graph[e2].idis the same edge.- The code therefore always overwrites the stored loop, even when the new loop costs more.
- The surviving loop id and cost depend on input row order.
- A loop is not a U-turn.
graph_add_min_edge_no_parallelalready keeps one loop with the minimum cost. Delegate loops to it.🐛 Proposed fix
pgassert(vertices_map.find(edge.source) != vertices_map.end()); pgassert(vertices_map.find(edge.target) != vertices_map.end()); + /* a loop has no direction and no U-turn: keep only the minimum cost loop */ + if (vm_s == vm_t) { + graph_add_min_edge_no_parallel(edge); + return; + } + E e1, e2;Add a pgTAP case for
pgr_hawickUniqueCircuitswith two self-loops on one vertex that have different costs and ids, and with the rows in both orders. The case would confirm that the result does not depend on row order.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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165-165: LGTM!
214-214: 🩺 Stability & AvailabilityThe null-pointer crash described in this comment does not occur.
get_pgsetreturns an empty set when its argument is null, soget_intSet(starts)atsrc/dijkstra/shortestPath_driver.cpp:214is safe for combination-based calls. The proposed guard is unnecessary.doc/circuits/pgr_hawickCircuits.rst: 2
61-61: This parallel-edge claim remains inconsistent.The text says higher-cost parallel edges are discarded. This conflicts with the documented arc-distinct behavior, which returns each parallel-arc combination. Remove or correct the claim.
97-98: 🎯 Functional CorrectnessVerify the no-start options form.
The supplied SQL excerpts show overloads with a required scalar or array start argument, but do not establish whether another overload supports this syntax. Check the complete public function declarations. If none does, require
0or an empty array before options.#!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail rg -n -i -C 4 'CREATE FUNCTION pgr_hawickCircuits|pgr_hawickCircuits\(' sql/circuitsdoc/_static/page_history.js: 1
20-20: LGTM!include/cpp_common/base_graph.hpp-915-916: 1
915-916: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win
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Verification ran but could not confirm this finding. It is shown for review, not as a verified issue.Correct the comment on
graph_add_edge_no_parallel.The comment says that an edge with a different id replaces the existing edge. The code does not do this:
- For a pair that has no edge in either direction, it inserts both directions with the same id.
- For a pair that already has edges, it changes only the one direction with the larger cost improvement. It does this only when that direction improves, or when both directions share one edge id (a U-turn).
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Fixes #3170
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Summary
Rewrites pgr_hawickCircuits as an arc-distinct circuit enumeration providing the same functionality of boost::hawick_circuits, with pgRouting doing the parallel arcs expansion, and adds:
selection of one or many starting vertices,
Optional parameters: min_depth, max_depth, self_loops and u_turn_on_edge options,
Modification on OUT parameters:
the old pgr_hawickCircuits(text) signature kept as a deprecated overload.
The function now follows the process → driver by the shortest-path family instead of its own driver.
New public Overloads:###
Three signatures, all returning
(seq, path_id, depth, start_vid, end_vid, pred, node, edge, cost, agg_cost):
Signature Meaning
pgr_hawickCircuits(Edges SQL, min_depth := 1, max_depth := 9223372036854775807, self_loops := true, u_turn_on_edge := true) all circuits, canonical order
pgr_hawickCircuits(Edges SQL, start vid BIGINT, ...) circuits containing the vertex; 0 = all
pgr_hawickCircuits(Edges SQL, start vids ANYARRAY, ...) one copy per requested vertex, rotated to start at it; empty array = all
pgr_hawickCircuits(Edges SQL) deprecated, kept for 3.4–4.0 compatibility
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pgr_hawickCircuitssupports selecting one or more starting vertices and filtering circuits by minimum and maximum depth.