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HeapQueue

A Heap-based priority queue implementation in Elixir. Ported from Michael Truog's pqueue2.

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BSD LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2011, Michael Truog <mjtruog at gmail dot com>
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Usage

# Create
q = HeapQueue.new()

# Push
q = HeapQueue.push(
    q,
    1, # priority
    "foo" # value
    )

# Pop
{{:value, priority, value}, newq} = HeapQueue.pop(q)
{:empty, _} = HeapQueue.pop(newq)

# Convert to list
HeapQueue.to_list(q)

# Misc.
HeapQueue.size(q)
HeapQueue.empty?(q)
HeapQueue.queue?(q)