void GenerateFromEvents(Solver solver, OverlapRemovalParameters parameters,
                        List<Event> events, bool isHorizontal)
        {
            // First, sort the events on the perpendicular coordinate of the event
            // (e.g. for horizontal constraint generation, order on vertical position).
            events.Sort();

#if VERBOSE
            Console.WriteLine("Events:");
            foreach (Event evt in events)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("    {0}", evt);
            }
#endif // VERBOSE

            var scanLine = new ScanLine();
            foreach (Event evt in events)
            {
                OverlapRemovalNode currentNode = evt.Node;
                if (evt.IsForOpen)
                {
                    // Insert the current node into the scan line.
                    scanLine.Insert(currentNode);
#if VERBOSE
                    Console.WriteLine("ScanAdd: {0}", currentNode);
#endif // VERBOSE

                    // Find the nodes that are currently open to either side of it and are either overlapping
                    // nodes or the first non-overlapping node in that direction.
                    currentNode.LeftNeighbors = GetLeftNeighbours(parameters, scanLine, currentNode, isHorizontal);
                    currentNode.RightNeighbors = GetRightNeighbours(parameters, scanLine, currentNode, isHorizontal);

                    // Use counts for indexing for performance (rather than foreach, and hoist the count-control
                    // variable out of the loop so .Count isn't checked on each iteration, since we know it's
                    // not going to be changed).
                    int numLeftNeighbors = currentNode.LeftNeighbors.Count;
                    int numRightNeighbors = currentNode.RightNeighbors.Count;

                    // If there is currently a non-overlap constraint between any two nodes across the
                    // two neighbour lists we've just created, we can remove them because they will be
                    // transitively enforced by the constraints we'll create for the current node.
                    // I.e., we can remove the specification for the constraint
                    //      leftNeighborNode + gap + padding <= rightNeighborNode
                    // because it is implied by the constraints we'll create for
                    //      leftNeighborNode + gap + padding <= node
                    //      node + gap + padding <= rightNeighborNode
                    // We must also add the current node as a neighbour in the appropriate direction.
                    // @@PERF: List<T>.Remove is a sequential search so averages 1/2 the size of the
                    // lists. We currently don't expect the neighbour lists to be very large or Remove
                    // to be a frequent operation, and using HashSets would incur the GetEnumerator overhead
                    // on the outer and inner loops; but .Remove creates an inner-inner loop so do some
                    // timing runs to compare performance.
                    // @@PERF:  handles the case where we are node c and have added node b as a lnbour
                    // and node d as rnbour, where those nodes are already nbours.  But it does not handle
                    // the case where we add node b and node a as lnbours, and node b already has node a
                    // as an lnbour.  To do this I think we'd just want to skip adding the node-a lnbour,
                    // but that forms a new inner loop (iterating all lnbours before adding a new one)
                    // unless we develop different storage for nbours.
                    for (int ii = 0; ii < numLeftNeighbors; ++ii)
                    {
                        OverlapRemovalNode leftNeighborNode = currentNode.LeftNeighbors[ii];
                        for (int jj = 0; jj < numRightNeighbors; ++jj)
                        {     // TODOunit: test this
                            OverlapRemovalNode nodeToRemove = currentNode.RightNeighbors[jj];
                            if (leftNeighborNode.RightNeighbors.Remove(nodeToRemove))
                            {
#if VERBOSE
                                Console.WriteLine(" {0} RnbourRem {1} --> {2}", isHorizontal ? "H" : "V", leftNeighborNode, nodeToRemove);
#endif // VERBOSE
                            }
                        }
                        leftNeighborNode.RightNeighbors.Add(currentNode);
                    }
                    for (int ii = 0; ii < numRightNeighbors; ++ii)
                    {         // TODOunit: test this
                        OverlapRemovalNode rightNeighborNode = currentNode.RightNeighbors[ii];
                        for (int jj = 0; jj < numLeftNeighbors; ++jj)
                        {
                            OverlapRemovalNode nodeToRemove = currentNode.LeftNeighbors[jj];
                            if (rightNeighborNode.LeftNeighbors.Remove(nodeToRemove))
                            {
#if VERBOSE
                                Console.WriteLine(" {0} LnbourRem {1} --> {2}", isHorizontal ? "H" : "V", nodeToRemove, rightNeighborNode);
#endif // VERBOSE
                            }
                        }
                        rightNeighborNode.LeftNeighbors.Add(currentNode);
                    }
                } // endif evt.IsForOpen
                else
                {
                    // This is a close event, so generate the constraints and remove the closing node
                    // from its neighbours lists.  If we're closing we should have left neighbours so
                    // this is null then we've likely got some sort of internal calculation error.
                    if (null == currentNode.LeftNeighbors)
                    {
                        Debug.Assert(null != currentNode.LeftNeighbors, "LeftNeighbors should not be null for a Close event");
                        continue;
                    }

                    // currentNode is the current node; if it's a cluster, translate it to the node that
                    // should be involved in the constraint (if it's the left neighbour then use its
                    // right border as the constraint variable, and vice-versa).
                    OverlapRemovalNode currentLeftNode = GetLeftConstraintNode(currentNode);
                    OverlapRemovalNode currentRightNode = GetRightConstraintNode(currentNode);

                    // LeftNeighbors must end before the current node...
                    int cLeftNeighbours = currentNode.LeftNeighbors.Count;
                    for (int ii = 0; ii < cLeftNeighbours; ++ii)
                    {
                        // Keep track of the original Node; it may be the base of a Cluster, in which
                        // case it will have the active neighbours list, not leftNeighborNode (which will
                        // be the left border "fake Node").
                        OverlapRemovalNode origLeftNeighborNode = currentNode.LeftNeighbors[ii];
                        origLeftNeighborNode.RightNeighbors.Remove(currentNode);
                        OverlapRemovalNode leftNeighborNode = GetLeftConstraintNode(origLeftNeighborNode);
                        Debug.Assert(leftNeighborNode.OpenP == origLeftNeighborNode.OpenP, "leftNeighborNode.OpenP must == origLeftNeighborNode.OpenP");

                        // This assert verifies we match the Solver.ViolationTolerance check in AddNeighbor.
                        // We are closing the node here so use an alternative to OverlapP for additional
                        // consistency verification.  Allow a little rounding error.
                        Debug.Assert(isHorizontal
                                || ((currentNode.CloseP + NodePaddingP - leftNeighborNode.OpenP) > (parameters.SolverParameters.GapTolerance - 1e-6)),
                                "LeftNeighbors: unexpected close/open overlap");

                        double p = leftNeighborNode == LeftBorderNode || currentRightNode == RightBorderNode ? ClusterPadding : NodePadding;
                        double separation = ((leftNeighborNode.Size + currentRightNode.Size) / 2) + p;
                        if (TranslateChildren)
                        {
                            separation = Math.Max(separation, currentRightNode.Position - leftNeighborNode.Position);
                        }
                        Constraint cst = solver.AddConstraint(leftNeighborNode.Variable, currentRightNode.Variable, separation);
                        Debug.Assert(null != cst, "LeftNeighbors: unexpected null cst");
#if VERBOSE
                        Console.WriteLine(" {0} LnbourCst {1} -> {2} g {3:F5}", isHorizontal ? "H" : "V"
                                , cst.Left.Name, cst.Right.Name, cst.Gap);
#endif // VERBOSE
                    }

                    // ... and RightNeighbors must start after the current node.
                    int cRightNeighbours = currentNode.RightNeighbors.Count;
                    for (int ii = 0; ii < cRightNeighbours; ++ii)
                    {
                        // Keep original node, which may be a cluster; see comments in LeftNeighbors above.
                        OverlapRemovalNode origRightNeighborNode = currentNode.RightNeighbors[ii];
                        origRightNeighborNode.LeftNeighbors.Remove(currentNode);
                        OverlapRemovalNode rightNeighborNode = GetRightConstraintNode(origRightNeighborNode);

                        // This assert verifies we match the Solver.ViolationTolerance check in AddNeighbor.
                        // Allow a little rounding error.
                        Debug.Assert(isHorizontal
                                || ((currentNode.CloseP + NodePaddingP - rightNeighborNode.OpenP) > (parameters.SolverParameters.GapTolerance - 1e-6)),
                                "RightNeighbors: unexpected close/open overlap");

                        double p = currentLeftNode == LeftBorderNode || rightNeighborNode == RightBorderNode ? ClusterPadding : NodePadding;
                        double separation = ((currentLeftNode.Size + rightNeighborNode.Size) / 2) + p;
                        if (TranslateChildren)
                        {
                            separation = Math.Max(separation, rightNeighborNode.Position - currentLeftNode.Position);
                        }
                        Constraint cst = solver.AddConstraint(currentLeftNode.Variable, rightNeighborNode.Variable, separation);
                        Debug.Assert(null != cst, "RightNeighbors: unexpected null cst");
#if VERBOSE
                        Console.WriteLine(" {0} RnbourCst {1} -> {2} g {3:F5}", isHorizontal ? "H" : "V"
                                , cst.Left.Name, cst.Right.Name, cst.Gap);
#endif // VERBOSE
                    }

                    // Note:  although currentNode is closed, there may still be open nodes in its
                    // Neighbour lists; these will subsequently be processed (and removed from
                    // currentNode.*Neighbour) when those Neighbors are closed.
                    scanLine.Remove(currentNode);
#if VERBOSE
                    Console.WriteLine("ScanRem: {0}", currentNode);
#endif // VERBOSE
                } // endelse !evt.IsForOpen

                // @@PERF:  Set Node.Left/RightNeighbors null to let the GC know we're not using them
                // anymore, unless we can reasonably assume a short lifetime for the ConstraintGenerator.
            } // endforeach Event
        }