Renovation & Change license to LGPLv3.

Remove dedicated StableSort API.

- Swift 5 and 6 always stable-sort things by default. According to Xcode documentation: "The sorting algorithm is guaranteed to be stable. A stable sort preserves the relative order of elements for which areInIncreasingOrder does not establish an order."

P.S.: The C# version (TekkonNT) still keeps the dedicated stable-sort API since its default sorting API only stable-sorts for dotNET 5 and later.

Node // Optimize .contextRange().

SpanUnit // Drop unused APIs.

Compositor // Use a final class instead.

Compositor // Simplify .clear().

Update .gitignore

Compositor // Trim useless APIs.

Compositor // Fix an issue with copy.

Compositor // Fixing unit tests.

Make maxSpanLength thread-safe.

Compositor // Mark theSeparator as `nonisolated`.

CompositorConfig // Add .clear().

Compositor // Content consolidation.

CompositorConfig // Drop invalid notes after changing maxSpanLength.

Optimize the use of ranges.

CompositorConfig // Update documentation.

Compositor // Fix update(updateExisting: true).

Compositor // Deprecating LangModelRanked.

CompositorConfig // Conforming to Equatable.

Repo // Update Hashable conformation.

Unit Tests // Renovation.

Fix LICENSE format.

Author: ShikiSuen

.gitignore

@@ -227,3 +227,4 @@ _TeamCity*
 _UpgradeReport_Files/
 __pycache__/
 ~$*
+.index-build/

CUSTOM_LGPLv3_EXCEPTION.md

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Custom Exception to LGPLv3 for Swift Package
+
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LICENSE

@@ -1,22 +1,165 @@
-MIT License
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-Copyright (c) 2022 and onwards The vChewing Project for Megrez-specific changes.
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README.md

@@ -5,129 +5,25 @@
 
 > 該引擎已經實裝於基於純 Swift 語言完成的 **威注音輸入法** 內，歡迎好奇者嘗試：[GitHub](https://github.com/vChewing/vChewing-macOS ) | [Gitee](https://gitee.com/vchewing/vChewing-macOS ) 。
 
-天權星引擎是用來處理輸入法語彙庫的一個模組。該倉庫乃威注音專案的弒神行動（Operation Longinus）的一部分。
+天權星引擎是用來處理輸入法語彙庫的一個模組。
 
-Megrez Engine is a module made for processing lingual data of an input method. This repository is part of Operation Longinus of The vChewing Project.
+Megrez Engine is a module made for processing lingual data of an input method.
 
-## 與 Gramambular 2 的區別
+## 專案特色
 
-敝專案一開始是 Gramambular 2 (Lukhnos Liu 著，MIT License) 的 Swift 實作，但經歷了大量修改。主要區別如下：
-
-- 原生 Swift 實作，擁有完備的 Swift 5.3 ~ 5.9 支援、也可以用作任何 Swift 6 專案的相依套件（需使用者自行處理對跨執行緒安全性的需求）。
-- API 經過重新設計，以陣列的形式處理輸入的 key。而且，在獲取候選字詞內容的時候，也可以徹底篩除橫跨游標的詞。
-- 爬軌算法（Walking Algorithm）改為 Dijkstra 的算法，且經過效能最佳化處理、擁有比 DAG-Relax 算法更優的效能。
+- 原生 Swift 實作，擁有完備的 Swift 5.3 ~ 5.9 支援、也可以用作任何 Swift 6 專案的相依套件。
+  - 注意：`Megrez.Compositor.theSeparator` **沒有多執行緒安全性**。對該 API 的保留乃是出於相容性之考量。新專案請避免使用該 static API。
+- 以陣列的形式處理輸入的 key。
+- 在獲取候選字詞內容的時候，不會出現橫跨游標的詞。
+- 使用經過效能最佳化處理的 Dijkstra 的算法，擁有比 DAG-Relax 算法更優的效能。
 
 ## 使用說明
 
-### §1. 初期化
-
-在你的 IMKInputController 或者 InputHandler 內初期化一份 Megrez.Compositor 組字器副本（這裡將該副本命名為「`compositor`」）。由於 Megrez.Compositor 的型別是 Struct 型別（為了讓 Compositor 可以 deep copy），所以其副本可以用 var 來宣告。
-
-以 InputHandler 為例：
-```swift
-class InputHandler {
-  // 先設定好變數
-  var compositor: Megrez.Compositor = .init()
-  ...
-}
-```
-
-以 IMKInputController 為例：
-```swift
-@objc(IMKMyInputController)  // 根據 info.plist 內的情況來確定型別的命名
-class IMKMyInputController: IMKInputController {
-  // 先設定好變數
-  var compositor: Megrez.Compositor = .init()
-  ...
-}
-```
-
-由於 Swift 會在某個大副本（InputHandler 或者 IMKInputController 副本）被銷毀的時候自動銷毀其中的全部副本，所以 Megrez.Compositor 的副本初期化沒必要寫在 init() 當中。但你很可能會想在 init() 時指定 Tekkon.Composer 所對接的語言模組型別、以及其可以允許的最大詞長。
-
-這裡就需要在 init() 時使用參數：
-```swift
-  /// 組字器。
-  /// - Parameters:
-  ///   - lm: 語言模型。可以是任何基於 Megrez.LangModel 的衍生型別。
-  ///   - length: 指定該組字器內可以允許的最大詞長，預設為 10 字。
-  ///   - separator: 多字讀音鍵當中用以分割漢字讀音的記號，預設為空。
-  var compositor: Megrez.Compositor = .init(lm: lmTest, length: 13, separator: "-")
-```
-
-### §2. 使用範例
-
-請結合 MegrezTests.swift 檔案來學習。這裡只是給個概述。
-
-#### // 1. 準備用作語言模型的專用型別
-
-首先，Megrez 內建的 LangModel 型別是遠遠不夠用的，只能說是個類似於 protocol 一樣的存在。你需要自己單獨寫一個新的衍生型別：
-
-```swift
-class ExampleLM: Megrez.LangModel {
-...
-  override func unigramsFor(keyArray: [String]) -> [Megrez.Unigram] {
-    ...
-  }
-...
-}
-```
-
-這個型別需要下述兩個函式能夠針對給定的鍵回饋對應的資料值、或其存無狀態：
-- unigramsFor(keyArray: [String]) -> [Megrez.Unigram]
-- hasUnigramsFor(keyArray: [String]) -> Bool
-
-MegrezTests.swift 檔案內的 SimpleLM 可以作為範例。
-
-至於該檔案內的 FiniteStateMachine 則是一個「一次性讀取檔案/大字串且分析資料」的範例。
-
-如果需要更實戰的範例的話，可以洽威注音專案的倉庫內的 LMInstantiator.swift 及其關聯檔案。
-
-#### // 2. 怎樣與 compositor 互動：
-
-這裡只講幾個常用函式：
-
-- 游標位置 `compositor.cursorIndex` 是可以賦值與取值的動態變數，且會在賦值內容為超出位置範圍的數值時自動修正。初期值為 0。
-- `compositor.insertKey("gao1")` 可以在當前的游標位置插入讀音「gao1」。
-- `compositor.dropKey(direction: .front)` 的作用是：朝著往文字輸入方向、砍掉一個與游標相鄰的讀音。反之，`dropKey(direction: .rear)` 則朝著與文字輸入方向相反的方向、砍掉一個與游標相鄰的讀音。
-  - 在威注音的術語體系當中，「文字輸入方向」為向前（Front）、與此相反的方向為向後（Rear）。
-- `compositor.overrideCandidate(.init(keyArray: ["讀音"], value: "候選字"), at: 游標位置, overrideType: 覆寫模式)` 用來根據輸入法選中的候選字詞、據此更新當前游標位置選中的候選字詞節點當中的候選字詞。
-
-輸入完內容之後，可以聲明一個用來接收結果的變數：
-
-```swift
-  /// 對已給定的軌格按照給定的位置與條件進行正向爬軌。
-  var walked = compositor.walk()
-```
-
-MegrezTests.swift 是輸入了很多內容之後再 walk 的。實際上一款輸入法會在你每次插入讀音或刪除讀音的時候都重新 walk。那些處於候選字詞鎖定狀態的節點不會再受到之後的 walk 的行為的影響，但除此之外的節點會因為每次 walk 而可能各自的候選字詞會出現自動變化。如果給了 nodesLimit 一個非零的數值的話，則 walk 的範圍外的節點不會受到影響。
-
-walk 之後的取值的方法及利用方法可以有很多種。這裡有其中的一個：
-
-```swift
-    var composed: [String] = walked.map(\.value)
-    print(composed)
-```
-
-類似於：
-
-```swift
-    for phrase in walked {
-        composed.append(phrase.value)
-    }
-    print(composed)
-```
-
-上述 print 結果就是 compositor 目前的組句，是這種陣列格式（以吳宗憲的詩句為例）：
-```swift
-    ["八月", "中秋", "山林", "涼", "風吹", "大地", "草枝", "擺"]
-```
-
-自己看 MegrezTests.swift 慢慢研究吧。
+`MegrezTests.swift` 展示了詳細的使用方法。
 
 ## 著作權 (Credits)
 
-- Swiftified and further development by (c) 2022 and onwards The vChewing Project (MIT License).
-  - Swift programmer: Shiki Suen
-- Was initially rebranded from (c) Lukhnos Liu's C++ library "Gramambular 2" (MIT License).
-- Walking algorithm (Dijkstra) implemented by (c) 2025 and onwards The vChewing Project (MIT License).
-  - Swift programmer: Shiki Suen
+- (c) 2022 and onwards The vChewing Project (LGPL v3.0 License or later).
+- The unit tests utilizes certain contents extracted from libvchewing-data by (c) 2022 and onwards The vChewing Project (BSD-3-Clause).
+
+敝專案採雙授權發佈措施。除了 LGPLv3 以外，對商業使用者也提供不同的授權條款（比如允許閉源使用等）。詳情請[電郵聯絡作者](shikisuen@yeah.net)。

Sources/Megrez/0_Megrez.swift

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-// Swiftified and further development by (c) 2022 and onwards The vChewing Project (MIT License).
-// Was initially rebranded from (c) Lukhnos Liu's C++ library "Gramambular 2" (MIT License).
-// Walking algorithm (Dijkstra) implemented by (c) 2025 and onwards The vChewing Project (MIT License).
+// (c) 2022 and onwards The vChewing Project (LGPL v3.0 License or later).
 // ====================
-// This code is released under the MIT license (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT)
+// This code is released under the SPDX-License-Identifier: `LGPL-3.0-or-later`.
 
 /// The namespace for this package.
 public enum Megrez {}