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+const std = @import("std");
+const aoc = @import("aoc.zig");
+
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const List = std.ArrayList;
+const Map = std.AutoHashMap;
+const Set = aoc.AutoHashSet;
+const PriorityQueue = std.PriorityQueue;
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    var gpa: std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}) = .{};
+    defer _ = gpa.deinit();
+    const allocator = gpa.allocator();
+
+    const text = try aoc.readAll(allocator, "input/day16.txt");
+    defer allocator.free(text);
+
+    var blocks = std.mem.splitSequence(u8, text, "\n\n");
+
+    var grid = try Grid.parse(allocator, blocks.next().?);
+    defer grid.deinit();
+
+    var bw = std.io.bufferedWriter(std.io.getStdOut().writer());
+    const stdout = bw.writer();
+
+    try stdout.print("{d}\n", .{try part1(allocator, grid)});
+    try bw.flush();
+}
+
+fn part1(allocator: Allocator, grid: Grid) !u64 {
+    const start, const goal = v: {
+        var start: Pos = undefined;
+        var end: Pos = undefined;
+
+        var it = grid.iterator();
+        while (it.next()) |entry| {
+            switch (entry.value_ptr.*) {
+                'S' => start = entry.key_ptr.*,
+                'E' => end = entry.key_ptr.*,
+                else => continue,
+            }
+        }
+        break :v .{ start, end };
+    };
+
+    const State = struct {
+        pos: Pos,
+        dir: Direction,
+    };
+
+    const Entry = struct {
+        path: List(State),
+        cost: u64,
+
+        const Self = @This();
+
+        fn compare(_: void, a: Self, b: Self) std.math.Order {
+            return std.math.order(a.cost, b.cost);
+        }
+    };
+
+    var queue = PriorityQueue(Entry, void, comptime Entry.compare).init(allocator, {});
+    defer queue.deinit();
+    defer while (queue.removeOrNull()) |*entry| entry.path.deinit();
+
+    try queue.add(v: {
+        var path = List(State).init(allocator);
+        try path.append(State{
+            .pos = start,
+            .dir = Direction.e,
+        });
+        break :v Entry{
+            .path = path,
+            .cost = 0,
+        };
+    });
+
+    var expanded = Set(State).init(allocator);
+    defer expanded.deinit();
+
+    while (queue.removeOrNull()) |entry| {
+        const path, const cost = .{ entry.path, entry.cost };
+        defer path.deinit();
+
+        const state = path.getLast();
+
+        if (expanded.contains(state)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        try expanded.put(state);
+
+        if (std.meta.eql(state.pos, goal)) {
+            return cost;
+        }
+
+        // Move once in the direction we're already going.
+        {
+            const move = state.pos.move(state.dir);
+            if (grid.get(move) != '#') {
+                var next = try path.clone();
+                try next.append(State{
+                    .pos = move,
+                    .dir = state.dir,
+                });
+                try queue.add(Entry{
+                    .path = next,
+                    .cost = cost + 1,
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
+        // There's never any reason to turn unless we're going to immediately
+        // move forward. This keeps the search from every trying to spin in a circle.
+        //
+        // As a consequence, there's never *ever* a reason to turn twice in a row
+        // and go back the way we came in.
+        for ([_]Direction{ state.dir.clockwise(), state.dir.counterclockwise() }) |dir| {
+            const move = state.pos.move(dir);
+            if (grid.get(move) == '#') {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            var next = try path.clone();
+            try next.append(State{
+                .pos = move,
+                .dir = dir,
+            });
+            try queue.add(Entry{
+                .path = next,
+                .cost = cost + 1000 + 1,
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+const Pos = struct {
+    r: i32,
+    c: i32,
+
+    fn new(r: i32, c: i32) Pos {
+        return Pos{ .r = r, .c = c };
+    }
+
+    fn add(self: Pos, d: Delta) Pos {
+        return .{
+            .r = self.r + d.dr,
+            .c = self.c + d.dc,
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn move(self: Pos, dir: Direction) Pos {
+        return self.add(dir.delta());
+    }
+
+    fn neighbors(self: Pos) [4]Pos {
+        return [4]Pos{
+            self.add(Direction.n.delta()),
+            self.add(Direction.e.delta()),
+            self.add(Direction.s.delta()),
+            self.add(Direction.w.delta()),
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn format(
+        self: Pos,
+        comptime _: []const u8,
+        _: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+        writer: anytype,
+    ) !void {
+        try writer.print("({d}, {d})", .{ self.r, self.c });
+    }
+};
+
+const Direction = enum {
+    n,
+    e,
+    s,
+    w,
+
+    fn delta(self: Direction) Delta {
+        return switch (self) {
+            .n => Delta.new(-1, 0),
+            .s => Delta.new(1, 0),
+            .w => Delta.new(0, -1),
+            .e => Delta.new(0, 1),
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn clockwise(self: Direction) Direction {
+        return switch (self) {
+            .n => .e,
+            .e => .s,
+            .s => .w,
+            .w => .n,
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn counterclockwise(self: Direction) Direction {
+        return switch (self) {
+            .n => .w,
+            .w => .s,
+            .s => .e,
+            .e => .n,
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn format(
+        self: Direction,
+        comptime _: []const u8,
+        _: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+        writer: anytype,
+    ) !void {
+        const c: u8 = switch (self) {
+            .n => 'N',
+            .e => 'E',
+            .s => 'S',
+            .w => 'W',
+        };
+        try writer.print("{c}", .{c});
+    }
+};
+
+const Delta = struct {
+    dr: i32,
+    dc: i32,
+
+    fn new(dr: i32, dc: i32) Delta {
+        return Delta{ .dr = dr, .dc = dc };
+    }
+};
+
+const Grid = struct {
+    allocator: Allocator,
+    map: Map(Pos, u8),
+    max: Pos,
+
+    fn parse(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, text: []const u8) !Grid {
+        var map = Map(Pos, u8).init(allocator);
+        var max = Pos{ .r = 0, .c = 0 };
+
+        var it = std.mem.tokenizeScalar(u8, text, '\n');
+        var r: i32 = 0;
+        while (it.next()) |row| : (r += 1) {
+            for (row, 0..) |char, c| {
+                const pos = Pos{
+                    .r = @intCast(r),
+                    .c = @intCast(c),
+                };
+                try map.put(pos, char);
+                max = pos;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return Grid{
+            .allocator = allocator,
+            .map = map,
+            .max = max,
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn deinit(self: *Grid) void {
+        self.map.deinit();
+    }
+
+    fn clone(self: Grid) !Grid {
+        return Grid{
+            .allocator = self.allocator,
+            .map = try self.map.clone(),
+            .max = self.max,
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn iterator(self: *const Grid) Map(Pos, u8).Iterator {
+        return self.map.iterator();
+    }
+
+    fn get(self: *const Grid, pos: Pos) ?u8 {
+        return self.map.get(pos);
+    }
+
+    fn inBounds(self: Grid, pos: Pos) bool {
+        return 0 <= pos.r and pos.r <= self.max.r and
+            0 <= pos.c and pos.c <= self.max.c;
+    }
+
+    pub fn format(
+        self: Grid,
+        comptime _: []const u8,
+        _: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+        writer: anytype,
+    ) !void {
+        var r: i32 = 0;
+        while (r <= self.max.r) : (r += 1) {
+            var c: i32 = 0;
+            while (c <= self.max.c) : (c += 1) {
+                try writer.print("{c}", .{self.get(Pos.new(r, c)).?});
+            }
+            try writer.print("\n", .{});
+        }
+    }
+};