depth-first search
<algorithm> A graph search algorithm which extends the current path as
far as possible before backtracking to the last choice point and trying the next
alternative path. Depth-first search may fail to find a solution if it enters a
cycle in the graph. This can be avoided if we never extend a path to a node
which it already contains.
Opposite of breadth first search. See also iterative deepening.
(1995-04-19)
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