cand [terminology]

Terminology¶

Usage¶

• Use for a provisional candidate that may later be accepted, rejected, or verified.
• It is conventional in voting, search, and generated-neighbor algorithms.
• Use compound forms such as cand1 and cand2 when multiple candidates coexist.
• Prefer a semantic name when the candidate has a stable domain role.

cand, cnt = None, 0

for x in nums:
    if cnt == 0:
        cand, cnt = x, 1