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Which is the best implementation of binary trees en C++?
By OrlandoIsay, 10 years ago, In English

Hi everyone. Which do you think that is the best way to implement a binary tree: -Array -Vector -With pointers

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I always use pointers.

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    I always try to avoid them. Some teachers said me that the pointers are slower than arrays because pointers use dynamic memory. Is that true?

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      It is. But they are quick enough (imho) in the majority of tasks. Moreover, there's a way of making pointers a lot faster: just allocate a big static array, and use this memory when you need to create a new node.

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In my opinion,

  • AVL: array
  • Splay tree: pointer
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std::set

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