In more detail, nodes in a heap can be assigned indices that are small consecutive integers, which makes it possible to use a vector or a deque for storage. Node 0 is the root, nodes 2*i+1 and 2*i+2 are the children of node i, and node (i-1)/2 is its parent. The resulting implementation of a heap is quite efficient, and that's probably how priority_queue is implemented by your library (although there are other possibilities).
You can read more about it here.
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In more detail, nodes in a heap can be assigned indices that are small consecutive integers, which makes it possible to use a vector or a deque for storage. Node 0 is the root, nodes 2*i+1 and 2*i+2 are the children of node i, and node (i-1)/2 is its parent. The resulting implementation of a heap is quite efficient, and that's probably how priority_queue is implemented by your library (although there are other possibilities).
You can read more about it here.
Thank you. That cleared up my question.
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