The node count feature in Node appears to need a significant amount of code. Is it really necessary? Why not construct the size() client function, which stores the entire number of nodes in the tree, using a single instance variable?

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The node count feature in Node appears to need a significant amount of code. Is it really necessary? Why not construct the size() client function, which stores the entire number of nodes in the tree, using a single instance variable?

 

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