topo.py

""" simply do the topo sort """


def find_topo_sort(node_list):
    """Given a list of nodes, return a topo ordering of nodes ending in them.

    A simple algorithm is to do a post-order DFS traversal on the given nodes,
    going backwards based on input edges. Since a node is added to the ordering
    after all its predecessors are traversed due to post-order DFS, we get a
    topological sort.

    """
    visited = set()
    topo_order = []
    for node in node_list:
        topo_sort_dfs(node, visited, topo_order)
    return topo_order


def topo_sort_dfs(node, visited, topo_order):
    """Post-order DFS"""
    if node in visited:
        return
    visited.add(node)
    for n in node.inputs:
        topo_sort_dfs(n, visited, topo_order)
    topo_order.append(node)