Hash-List "Multimap" Text Memory Use Test with Small Average Secondary-Key to Primary-Key Ratio

# "Multimap" Text Memory Use Test with Small Average Secondary-Key to Primary-Key Ratio

## Description

This test inserts a number of pairs into a container. The first item of each pair is a string from an arbitrary text [wickland96thirty], and the second is a uniform i.i.d.integer. The container is a "multimap" - it considers the first member of each pair as a primary key, and the second member of each pair as a secondary key (see Motivation::Associative Containers::Alternative to Multiple Equivalent Keys). There are 100 distinct primary keys, and the ratio of secondary keys to primary keys ranges to about 20.

The test measures the memory use as a function of the number of values inserted.

(The test was executed with `multimap_text_insert_mem_usage_test` thirty_years_among_the_dead_preproc.txt 100 3 4 4)

## Purpose

The test checks the memory scalability of different "multimap" designs (see Motivation::Associative Containers::Mapping Semantics).

## Results

Figures NTG, NTM, and NTL show the results for "multimaps" which use a tree-based container for primary keys, in g++, msvc++, and local, respectively; Figures NHG, NHM, and NHL show the results for "multimaps" which use a hash-based container for primary keys, in g++, msvc++, and local, respectively.

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NTG: Native and primary tree-based multimap types mem usage test - g++

In the above figure, the names in the legends have the following meaning:

1. rb_tree_mmap_cc_hash_mask_exp_nea_lc_1div8_1div2_nsth_set- `tree` with `Tag` = `rb_tree_tag` , and `Node_Update` = `null_tree_node_update` , mapping each key to `cc_hash_table` with `Comb_Hash_Fn` = `direct_mask_range_hashing` , and `Resize_Policy` = `hash_standard_resize_policy` with `Size_Policy` = `hash_exponential_size_policy` , and `Trigger_Policy` = `hash_load_check_resize_trigger` with αmin = 1/8 and αmax = 1/2
2. n_mmap- `std::multimap`
3. rb_tree_mmap_lu_mtf_set- `tree` with `Tag` = `rb_tree_tag` , and `Node_Update` = `null_tree_node_update` , mapping each key to `list_update` with `Update_Policy` = `move_to_front_lu_policy`

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NTM: NHM Native and primary tree-based multimap types mem usage test - msvc++

In the above figure, the names in the legends have the following meaning:

1. rb_tree_mmap_cc_hash_mask_exp_nea_lc_1div8_1div2_nsth_set- `tree` with `Tag` = `rb_tree_tag` , and `Node_Update` = `null_tree_node_update` , mapping each key to `cc_hash_table` with `Comb_Hash_Fn` = `direct_mask_range_hashing` , and `Resize_Policy` = `hash_standard_resize_policy` with `Size_Policy` = `hash_exponential_size_policy` , and `Trigger_Policy` = `hash_load_check_resize_trigger` with αmin = 1/8 and αmax = 1/2
2. n_mmap- `std::multimap`
3. rb_tree_mmap_lu_mtf_set- `tree` with `Tag` = `rb_tree_tag` , and `Node_Update` = `null_tree_node_update` , mapping each key to `list_update` with `Update_Policy` = `move_to_front_lu_policy`

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NTL: Native and primary tree-based multimap types mem usage test - local

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NHG: Native and primary hash-based multimap types mem usage test - g++

In the above figure, the names in the legends have the following meaning:

1. cc_hash_mask_exp_nea_lc_1div8_1div2_nsth_mmap_cc_hash_mask_exp_nea_lc_1div8_1div2_nsth_set- `cc_hash_table` with `Comb_Hash_Fn` = `direct_mask_range_hashing` , and `Resize_Policy` = `hash_standard_resize_policy` with `Size_Policy` = `hash_exponential_size_policy` , and `Trigger_Policy` = `hash_load_check_resize_trigger` with αmin = 1/8 and αmax = 1/2, mapping each key to `cc_hash_table` with `Comb_Hash_Fn` = `direct_mask_range_hashing` , and `Resize_Policy` = `hash_standard_resize_policy` with `Size_Policy` = `hash_exponential_size_policy` , and `Trigger_Policy` = `hash_load_check_resize_trigger` with αmin = 1/8 and αmax = 1/2
2. n_hash_mmap- `__gnucxx::hash_multimap`
3. cc_hash_mask_exp_nea_lc_1div8_1div2_nsth_mmap_lu_mtf_set- `cc_hash_table` with `Comb_Hash_Fn` = `direct_mask_range_hashing` , and `Resize_Policy` = `hash_standard_resize_policy` with `Size_Policy` = `hash_exponential_size_policy` , and `Trigger_Policy` = `hash_load_check_resize_trigger` with αmin = 1/8 and αmax = 1/2, mapping each key to `list_update` with `Update_Policy` = `move_to_front_lu_policy`

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NHM: Native and primary hash-based multimap types mem usage test - msvc++

In the above figure, the names in the legends have the following meaning:

1. cc_hash_mask_exp_nea_lc_1div8_1div2_nsth_mmap_cc_hash_mask_exp_nea_lc_1div8_1div2_nsth_set- `cc_hash_table` with `Comb_Hash_Fn` = `direct_mask_range_hashing` , and `Resize_Policy` = `hash_standard_resize_policy` with `Size_Policy` = `hash_exponential_size_policy` , and `Trigger_Policy` = `hash_load_check_resize_trigger` with αmin = 1/8 and αmax = 1/2, mapping each key to `cc_hash_table` with `Comb_Hash_Fn` = `direct_mask_range_hashing` , and `Resize_Policy` = `hash_standard_resize_policy` with `Size_Policy` = `hash_exponential_size_policy` , and `Trigger_Policy` = `hash_load_check_resize_trigger` with αmin = 1/8 and αmax = 1/2
2. n_hash_mmap- `stdext::hash_multimap`
3. cc_hash_mask_exp_nea_lc_1div8_1div2_nsth_mmap_lu_mtf_set- `cc_hash_table` with `Comb_Hash_Fn` = `direct_mask_range_hashing` , and `Resize_Policy` = `hash_standard_resize_policy` with `Size_Policy` = `hash_exponential_size_policy` , and `Trigger_Policy` = `hash_load_check_resize_trigger` with αmin = 1/8 and αmax = 1/2, mapping each key to `list_update` with `Update_Policy` = `move_to_front_lu_policy`

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NHL: Native and primary hash-based multimap types mem usage test - local

## Observations

See Observations::Mapping-Semantics Considerations.