这个挑战真的很简单(并且是更困难挑战的先兆!)。
给定一个资源访问数组(用非负整数简单表示)和一个参数n
,返回假定我们的缓存具有容量n
并在充满时使用先进先出(FIFO)弹出方案的缓存未命中数。
例:
4, [0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3]
0 = not in cache (miss), insert, cache is now [0]
1 = not in cache (miss), insert, cache is now [0, 1]
2 = not in cache (miss), insert, cache is now [0, 1, 2]
3 = not in cache (miss), insert, cache is now [0, 1, 2, 3]
0 = in cache (hit), cache unchanged
1 = in cache (hit), cache unchanged
2 = in cache (hit), cache unchanged
3 = in cache (hit), cache unchanged
4 = not in cache (miss), insert and eject oldest, cache is now [1, 2, 3, 4]
0 = not in cache (miss), insert and eject oldest, cache is now [2, 3, 4, 0]
0 = in cache (hit), cache unchanged
1 = not in cache (miss), insert and eject oldest, cache is now [3, 4, 0, 1]
2 = not in cache (miss), insert and eject oldest, cache is now [4, 0, 1, 2]
3 = not in cache (miss), insert and eject oldest, cache is now [0, 1, 2, 3]
因此,在此示例中,有9个未中。也许代码示例有助于更好地解释它。在Python中:
def num_misses(n, arr):
misses = 0
cache = []
for access in arr:
if access not in cache:
misses += 1
cache.append(access)
if len(cache) > n:
cache.pop(0)
return misses
其他一些测试用例(其中包含对下一个挑战的提示-注意到任何好奇的地方吗?):
0, [] -> 0
0, [1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4] -> 8
2, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] -> 1
3, [3, 2, 1, 0, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 4] -> 9
4, [3, 2, 1, 0, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 4] -> 10
以字节为单位的最短代码获胜。
notice anything curious?
一段时间,只是注意到了,增加缓存容量并不一定减少未命中次数?!