[m-rev.] for post-commit review: fix a perf regression for --generate-dependencies

[Zoltan Somogyi]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:47:32 +1000, Julien Fischer <jfischer at opturion.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 at 19:46, Zoltan Somogyi <zoltan.somogyi at runbox.com> wrote:
> > This module has significant naming problems anyway. The main one is
> > the use of "vertex", when "node" is more commonly used, shorter,
> > and has a regular plural form :-(
> 
> While "node" is used, most graph theory books I have ever looked at
> define graphs to be collections of vertices and edges.  It seems to be
> a bit mixed in the software world, several graph libraries I am aware
> of use vertex-edge, GraphViz appears to use node and edge.

In geometry and mathematics, I agree that "vertex" is the usual terminology.
But in computer science, people usually use "node". We are not geometers or
mathematicians.

Zoltan.