# Copyright (C) 2024 Manuel Bustillo # frozen_string_literal: true module TreeNodeExtension def distance_to_common_ancestor(another_node) return 0 if self == another_node my_path = path_as_array another_path = another_node.path_as_array common_elements = my_path.zip(another_path) .take_while { |(p1, p2)| p1 == p2 } .count return nil if common_elements.zero? [my_path.count, another_path.count].max - common_elements end end Tree::TreeNode.include(TreeNodeExtension)