From 9e97b1fe92cf5eaa7a003ac76124371ed4492e66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ma=C3=ABl=20Madon?= <mael.madon@irit.fr>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:39:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: add warning on difference btw easy_bf and easy_bf_fast
---
src/algo/easy_bf_fast.cpp | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/algo/easy_bf_fast.cpp b/src/algo/easy_bf_fast.cpp
index 82bce3c..ccb5d0f 100644
--- a/src/algo/easy_bf_fast.cpp
+++ b/src/algo/easy_bf_fast.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ void EasyBackfillingFast::make_decisions(double date,
// - only handles one priority job (the first of the queue)
// - only handles time as floating-point (-> precision errors).
+ // Warning: you might obtain different outputs than with easy_bf. This is
+ // due to the fact that this version only keeps track of the priority job
+ // expected start time and the number of machines available then, while
+ // easy_bf keeps track of a full 2D schedule of the future. easy_bf_fast
+ // will sometimes be a little more greedy in backfilling.
+
bool job_ended = false;
// Handle newly finished jobs
--
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