Dijkstra's Algorithm Question

Question

In the code below:

#define MAX_VERTICES 260000

#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
#include <queue>
#define endl '\n'
using namespace std;

struct edge {
    int dest;
    int length;
};

bool operator< (edge e1, edge e2) {
    return e1.length > e2.length;
}

int C, P, P0, P1, P2;
vector<edge> edges[MAX_VERTICES];
int best1[MAX_VERTICES];
int best2[MAX_VERTICES];

void dijkstra (int start, int* best) {
    for (int i = 0; i < P; i++) best[i] = -1;
    best[start] = 0;
    priority_queue<edge> pq;
    edge first = { start, 0 };
    pq.push(first);
    while (!pq.empty()) {
        edge next = pq.top();
        pq.pop();
        if (next.length != best[next.dest]) continue;
        for (vector<edge>::iterator i = edges[next.dest].begin(); i != edges[next.dest].end(); i++) {
            if (best[i->dest] == -1 || next.length + i->length < best[i->dest]) {
                best[i->dest] = next.length + i->length;
                edge e = { i->dest, next.length+i->length };
                pq.push(e);
            }
        }
    }
}

int main () {
    ifstream inp("apple.in");
    ofstream outp("apple.out");

    inp >> C >> P >> P0 >> P1 >> P2;
    P0--, P1--, P2--;
    for (int i = 0; i < C; i++) {
        int a, b;
        int l;
        inp >> a >> b >> l;
        a--, b--;
        edge e = { b, l };
        edges[a].push_back(e);
        e.dest = a;
        edges[b].push_back(e);
    }

    dijkstra (P1, best1);           // find shortest distances from P1 to other nodes
    dijkstra (P2, best2);           // find shortest distances from P2 to other nodes

    int ans = best1[P0]+best1[P2];  // path: PB->...->PA1->...->PA2
    if (best2[P0]+best2[P1] < ans) 
        ans = best2[P0]+best2[P1];  // path: PB->...->PA2->...->PA1
    outp << ans << endl;
    return 0;
}

What is it: if (next.length != best[next.dest]) continue;used? Should we avoid situations where going through a cycle will give us the same answer as ours?

Thank!

Answer 1

This line is a way to cope with the fact that C ++ priority_queue does not have a reduce_key function.

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, O(ElogV) O(ElogE).

Answer 2

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