append_separation

TangleSweep.append_separation(new_sep_id: int, agreement_lower_bound: int | None = None) → int

Append a new separation to the tree. If the final level is empty nothing happens.

By default, only nodes which have agreement value of at least the agreement search limit are extended. This is to ensure that by default appending a separation does not change the tangle search limit.

Parameters

new_sep_idint

The id of the separation to append.

agreement_lower_boundint, optional

Only nodes with agreement at least agreement_lower_bound are extended in the appending step.

Returns

int

Number of separations in the last level after appending. If this number is 0 then appending will not add any more tangles.