HOT successor_container fill_queue_recursive(group & g, successor_container const & successors_from_parent, size_t previous_activation_limit)
    {
        assert (g.has_synth_children());

        typedef server_node_list::reverse_iterator r_iterator;

        successor_container successors(successors_from_parent);

        size_t children = g.child_count();

        sequential_child_list sequential_children;
        sequential_children.reserve(g.child_synth_count);

        for (r_iterator it = g.child_nodes.rbegin(); it != g.child_nodes.rend(); ++it) {
            server_node & node = *it;

            if (node.is_synth()) {
                r_iterator end_of_node = it;
                --end_of_node; // one element behind the last
                std::size_t node_count = 1;

                // we fill the child nodes in reverse order to an array
                for(;;) {
                    sequential_children.push_back(&*it);
                    ++it;
                    if (it == g.child_nodes.rend())
                        break; // we found the beginning of this group

                    if (!it->is_synth())
                        break; // we hit a child group, later we may want to add it's nodes, too?
                    ++node_count;
                }

                --it; // we iterated one element too far, so we need to go back to the previous element
                assert(sequential_children.size() == node_count);

                auto seq_it = sequential_children.rbegin();

                int activation_limit = get_previous_activation_count(it, g.child_nodes.rend(), previous_activation_limit);

                thread_queue_item * q_item =
                    q->allocate_queue_item(queue_node(std::move(queue_node_data(static_cast<abstract_synth*>(*seq_it++))), node_count),
                                            successors, activation_limit);

                queue_node & q_node = q_item->get_job();

                // now we can add all nodes sequentially
                for(;seq_it != sequential_children.rend(); ++seq_it)
                    q_node.add_node(static_cast<abstract_synth*>(*seq_it));
                sequential_children.clear();

                assert(q_node.size() == node_count);

                /* advance successor list */
                successors = successor_container(1);
                successors[0] = q_item;

                if (activation_limit == 0)
                    q->add_initially_runnable(q_item);
                children -= node_count;
            } else {
                abstract_group & grp = static_cast<abstract_group&>(node);

                if (grp.has_synth_children()) {
                    int activation_limit = get_previous_activation_count(it, g.child_nodes.rend(), previous_activation_limit);
                    successors = fill_queue_recursive(grp, successors, activation_limit);
                }

                children -= 1;
            }
        }
        assert(children == 0);
        return successors;
    }
 void fill_queue(group & root_group)
 {
     if (root_group.has_synth_children())
         fill_queue_recursive(root_group, successor_container(0), 0);
 }