tailscale/util/set/smallset.go
Will Norris 3ec5be3f51 all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it
This file was never truly necessary and has never actually been used in
the history of Tailscale's open source releases.

A Brief History of AUTHORS files
---

The AUTHORS file was a pattern developed at Google, originally for
Chromium, then adopted by Go and a bunch of other projects. The problem
was that Chromium originally had a copyright line only recognizing
Google as the copyright holder. Because Google (and most open source
projects) do not require copyright assignemnt for contributions, each
contributor maintains their copyright. Some large corporate contributors
then tried to add their own name to the copyright line in the LICENSE
file or in file headers. This quickly becomes unwieldy, and puts a
tremendous burden on anyone building on top of Chromium, since the
license requires that they keep all copyright lines intact.

The compromise was to create an AUTHORS file that would list all of the
copyright holders. The LICENSE file and source file headers would then
include that list by reference, listing the copyright holder as "The
Chromium Authors".

This also become cumbersome to simply keep the file up to date with a
high rate of new contributors. Plus it's not always obvious who the
copyright holder is. Sometimes it is the individual making the
contribution, but many times it may be their employer. There is no way
for the proejct maintainer to know.

Eventually, Google changed their policy to no longer recommend trying to
keep the AUTHORS file up to date proactively, and instead to only add to
it when requested: https://opensource.google/docs/releasing/authors.
They are also clear that:

> Adding contributors to the AUTHORS file is entirely within the
> project's discretion and has no implications for copyright ownership.

It was primarily added to appease a small number of large contributors
that insisted that they be recognized as copyright holders (which was
entirely their right to do). But it's not truly necessary, and not even
the most accurate way of identifying contributors and/or copyright
holders.

In practice, we've never added anyone to our AUTHORS file. It only lists
Tailscale, so it's not really serving any purpose. It also causes
confusion because Tailscalars put the "Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS" header
in other open source repos which don't actually have an AUTHORS file, so
it's ambiguous what that means.

Instead, we just acknowledge that the contributors to Tailscale (whoever
they are) are copyright holders for their individual contributions. We
also have the benefit of using the DCO (developercertificate.org) which
provides some additional certification of their right to make the
contribution.

The source file changes were purely mechanical with:

    git ls-files | xargs sed -i -e 's/\(Tailscale Inc &\) AUTHORS/\1 contributors/g'

Updates #cleanup

Change-Id: Ia101a4a3005adb9118051b3416f5a64a4a45987d
Signed-off-by: Will Norris <will@tailscale.com>
2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00

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// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
package set
import (
"iter"
"maps"
"tailscale.com/types/structs"
)
// SmallSet is a set that is optimized for reducing memory overhead when the
// expected size of the set is 0 or 1 elements.
//
// The zero value of SmallSet is a usable empty set.
//
// When storing a SmallSet in a map as a value type, it is important to re-assign
// the map entry after calling Add or Delete, as the SmallSet's representation
// may change.
//
// Copying a SmallSet by value may alias the previous value. Use the Clone method
// to create a new SmallSet with the same contents.
type SmallSet[T comparable] struct {
_ structs.Incomparable // to prevent == mistakes
one T // if non-zero, then single item in set
m Set[T] // if non-nil, the set of items, which might be size 1 if it's the zero value of T
}
// Values returns an iterator over the elements of the set.
// The iterator will yield the elements in no particular order.
func (s SmallSet[T]) Values() iter.Seq[T] {
if s.m != nil {
return maps.Keys(s.m)
}
var zero T
return func(yield func(T) bool) {
if s.one != zero {
yield(s.one)
}
}
}
// Contains reports whether e is in the set.
func (s SmallSet[T]) Contains(e T) bool {
if s.m != nil {
return s.m.Contains(e)
}
var zero T
return e != zero && s.one == e
}
// SoleElement returns the single value in the set, if the set has exactly one
// element.
//
// If the set is empty or has more than one element, ok will be false and e will
// be the zero value of T.
func (s SmallSet[T]) SoleElement() (e T, ok bool) {
return s.one, s.Len() == 1
}
// Add adds e to the set.
//
// When storing a SmallSet in a map as a value type, it is important to
// re-assign the map entry after calling Add or Delete, as the SmallSet's
// representation may change.
func (s *SmallSet[T]) Add(e T) {
var zero T
if s.m != nil {
s.m.Add(e)
return
}
// Non-zero elements can go into s.one.
if e != zero {
if s.one == zero {
s.one = e // Len 0 to Len 1
return
}
if s.one == e {
return // dup
}
}
// Need to make a multi map, either
// because we now have two items, or
// because e is the zero value.
s.m = Set[T]{}
if s.one != zero {
s.m.Add(s.one) // move single item to multi
}
s.m.Add(e) // add new item, possibly zero
s.one = zero
}
// Len reports the number of elements in the set.
func (s SmallSet[T]) Len() int {
var zero T
if s.m != nil {
return s.m.Len()
}
if s.one != zero {
return 1
}
return 0
}
// Delete removes e from the set.
//
// When storing a SmallSet in a map as a value type, it is important to
// re-assign the map entry after calling Add or Delete, as the SmallSet's
// representation may change.
func (s *SmallSet[T]) Delete(e T) {
var zero T
if s.m == nil {
if s.one == e {
s.one = zero
}
return
}
s.m.Delete(e)
// If the map size drops to zero, that means
// it only contained the zero value of T.
if s.m.Len() == 0 {
s.m = nil
return
}
// If the map size drops to one element and doesn't
// contain the zero value, we can switch back to the
// single-item representation.
if s.m.Len() == 1 {
for v := range s.m {
if v != zero {
s.one = v
s.m = nil
}
}
}
return
}
// Clone returns a copy of s that doesn't alias the original.
func (s SmallSet[T]) Clone() SmallSet[T] {
return SmallSet[T]{
one: s.one,
m: maps.Clone(s.m), // preserves nilness
}
}