/// \brief Sets the state of the \c item in the heap.

     ///

     /// Sets the state of the \c item in the heap. It can be used to

     /// manually clear the heap when it is important to achive the

     /// better time complexity.

     /// \param i The item.

     /// \param st The state. It should not be \c IN_HEAP. 

     void state(const Item& i, state_enum st) {

       switch (st) {

       case POST_HEAP:

       case PRE_HEAP:

         if (state(i) == IN_HEAP) {

           erase(i);

         }

         index[i] = st;

         break;

       }

     }