Implement Nodes collection for games.

This implements a Nodes collection class in a game, representing the
set of all nodes in the game tree (if defined).

The default iteration of the set of nodes is defined as depth-first traversal.

Closes #530.

Author: d-kad

ChangeLog

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
     prescribed by a strategy at an information set
 - Tests for creation of the reduced strategic form from an extensive-form game (currently only
   for games with perfect recall)
+- Implement `Nodes` collection as a member of `GameRep`, including a C++ iterator that
+  returns nodes in depth-first traversal order (#530)
 
 
 ## [16.3.1] - unreleased

src/games/game.h

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <list>
 #include <set>
+#include <stack>
 
 #include "number.h"
 #include "gameobject.h"
@@ -118,6 +119,8 @@ template <class P, class T> class ElementCollection {
   {
     return m_owner == p_other.m_owner && m_container == p_other.m_container;
   }
+
+  bool empty() const { return m_container->empty(); }
   size_t size() const { return m_container->size(); }
   GameObjectPtr<T> front() const { return m_container->front(); }
   GameObjectPtr<T> back() const { return m_container->back(); }
@@ -512,6 +515,88 @@ class GameRep : public BaseGameRep {
   using Players = ElementCollection<Game, GamePlayerRep>;
   using Outcomes = ElementCollection<Game, GameOutcomeRep>;
 
+  class Nodes {
+    Game m_owner{nullptr};
+
+  public:
+    class iterator {
+      friend class Nodes;
+      using ChildIterator = ElementCollection<GameNode, GameNodeRep>::iterator;
+
+      Game m_owner{nullptr};
+      GameNode m_current_node{nullptr};
+      std::stack<std::pair<ChildIterator, ChildIterator>> m_stack{};
+
+      iterator(const Game &game) : m_owner(game) {}
+
+    public:
+      using iterator_category = std::forward_iterator_tag;
+      using value_type = GameNode;
+      using pointer = value_type *;
+
+      iterator() = default;
+
+      iterator(const Game &game, const GameNode &start_node) : m_owner(game), m_current_node(start_node)
+      {
+        if (!start_node) {
+          return;
+        }
+        if (start_node->GetGame() != m_owner) {
+          throw MismatchException();
+        }
+      }
+
+      value_type operator*() const
+      {
+        if (!m_current_node) {
+          throw std::runtime_error("Cannot dereference an end iterator");
+        }
+        return m_current_node;
+      }
+
+      iterator &operator++()
+      {
+        if (!m_current_node) {
+          throw std::out_of_range("Cannot increment an end iterator");
+        }
+
+        if (!m_current_node->IsTerminal()) {
+          auto children = m_current_node->GetChildren();
+          m_stack.emplace(children.begin(), children.end());
+        }
+
+        while (!m_stack.empty()) {
+          auto &[current_it, end_it] = m_stack.top();
+
+          if (current_it != end_it) {
+            m_current_node = *current_it;
+            ++current_it;
+            return *this;
+          }
+          m_stack.pop();
+        }
+
+        m_current_node = nullptr;
+        return *this;
+      }
+
+      bool operator==(const iterator &other) const
+      {
+        return m_owner == other.m_owner && m_current_node == other.m_current_node;
+      }
+      bool operator!=(const iterator &other) const { return !(*this == other); }
+    };
+
+    Nodes() = default;
+    explicit Nodes(const Game &p_owner) : m_owner(p_owner) {}
+
+    iterator begin() const
+    {
+      return (m_owner) ? iterator{m_owner, m_owner->GetRoot()} : iterator{};
+    }
+    iterator end() const { return (m_owner) ? iterator{m_owner} : iterator{}; }
+  };
+
   /// @name Lifecycle
   //@{
   /// Clean up the game
@@ -724,6 +809,8 @@ class GameRep : public BaseGameRep {
   //@{
   /// Returns the root node of the game
   virtual GameNode GetRoot() const = 0;
+  /// Returns a range that can be used to iterate over the nodes of the game
+  Nodes GetNodes() const { return Nodes(this); }
   /// Returns the number of nodes in the game
   virtual size_t NumNodes() const = 0;
   /// Returns the number of non-terminal nodes in the game

src/pygambit/gambit.pxd

@@ -241,6 +241,15 @@ cdef extern from "games/game.h":
             iterator begin() except +
             iterator end() except +
 
+        cppclass Nodes:
+            cppclass iterator:
+                bint operator ==(iterator)
+                bint operator !=(iterator)
+                c_GameNode operator *()
+                iterator operator++()
+            iterator begin() except +
+            iterator end() except +
+
         int IsTree() except +
 
         string GetTitle() except +
@@ -264,6 +273,7 @@ cdef extern from "games/game.h":
         int NumNodes() except +
         int NumNonterminalNodes() except +
         c_GameNode GetRoot() except +
+        Nodes GetNodes() except +
 
         c_GameStrategy GetStrategy(int) except +IndexError
         c_GameStrategy NewStrategy(c_GamePlayer, string) except +

src/pygambit/game.pxi

@@ -184,13 +184,12 @@ class GameNodes:
         return self.game.deref().NumNodes()
 
     def __iter__(self) -> typing.Iterator[Node]:
-        def dfs(node):
-            yield node
-            for child in node.children:
-                yield from dfs(child)
+        """Iterate over the game nodes in the depth-first traversal order."""
         if not self.game.deref().IsTree():
             return
-        yield from dfs(Node.wrap(self.game.deref().GetRoot()))
+
+        for node in self.game.deref().GetNodes():
+            yield Node.wrap(node)
 
 
 @cython.cclass

tests/test_node.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import itertools
 import typing
 
 import pytest
@@ -787,3 +788,26 @@ def test_node_plays():
     }  # paths=[0, 1], [0, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1]
 
     assert set(test_node.plays) == expected_set_of_plays
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "game_obj",
+    [
+        pytest.param(games.read_from_file("basic_extensive_game.efg")),
+        pytest.param(games.read_from_file("binary_3_levels_generic_payoffs.efg")),
+        pytest.param(games.read_from_file("cent3.efg")),
+        pytest.param(games.read_from_file("e01.efg")),
+        pytest.param(games.read_from_file("e02.efg")),
+        pytest.param(games.read_from_file("poker.efg")),
+        pytest.param(gbt.Game.new_tree()),
+    ],
+)
+def test_nodes_iteration_order(game_obj: gbt.Game):
+    """Verify that the C++ `game.nodes` iterator produces the DFS traversal.
+    """
+    def dfs(node: gbt.Node) -> typing.Iterator[gbt.Node]:
+        yield node
+        for child in node.children:
+            yield from dfs(child)
+
+    assert all(a == b for a, b in itertools.zip_longest(game_obj.nodes, dfs(game_obj.root)))