app/graph/sorting.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Pedro Matiello <pmatiello@gmail.com>
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+# obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+# files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
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+# copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
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+
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+
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+
+
+"""
+Sorting algorithms for python-graph.
+
+@sort: topological_sorting
+"""
+
+
+# Topological sorting
+
+def topological_sorting(graph):
+	"""
+	Topological sorting.
+
+	@attention: Topological sorting is meaningful only for directed acyclic graphs.
+
+	@type  graph: graph
+	@param graph: Graph.
+
+	@rtype:  list
+	@return: Topological sorting for the graph.
+	"""
+	# The topological sorting of a DAG is equivalent to its reverse postordering.
+	tmp, tmp, post = graph.depth_first_search()
+	post.reverse()
+	return post