package require Tcl 8.5 proc topsort {data} { # Clean the data dict for {node depends} $data { if {[set i [lsearch -exact $depends $node]] >= 0} { set depends [lreplace $depends $i $i] dict set data $node $depends } foreach node $depends {dict lappend data $node} } # Do the sort set sorted {} while 1 { # Find available nodes set avail [dict keys [dict filter $data value {}]] if {![llength $avail]} { if {[dict size $data]} { error "graph is cyclic, possibly involving nodes \"[dict keys $data]\"" } return $sorted } # Note that the lsort is only necessary for making the results more like other langs lappend sorted {*}[lsort $avail] # Remove from working copy of graph dict for {node depends} $data { foreach n $avail { if {[set i [lsearch -exact $depends $n]] >= 0} { set depends [lreplace $depends $i $i] dict set data $node $depends } } } foreach node $avail { dict unset data $node } } }