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Financial Assets and Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2016
Financial Assets And Liabilities [Line Items] |
Derivative, Maximum Shipment Period For Entry Into Foreign Currency Forward Contract | 1 month
Period for hedge balance in OCI to be reclassified to statement of operations (in months) | 12 months
Non-Designated Hedging Instrument |
Financial Assets And Liabilities [Line Items] |
Maximum Length of Time, Foreign Currency Cash Flow Hedge | 1 month
Foreign Currency Derivative Contracts | Minimum [Member] |
Financial Assets And Liabilities [Line Items] |
Forward contracts terms (in months) | 1 month
Foreign Currency Derivative Contracts | Maximum [Member] |
Financial Assets And Liabilities [Line Items] |
Forward contracts terms (in months) | 22 months
Foreign Currency Derivative Contracts | Cash Flow Hedging | Maximum [Member] |
Financial Assets And Liabilities [Line Items] |
Forward contracts terms (in months) | 3 years
Foreign Exchange Forward | Cash Flow Hedging | Maximum [Member] |
Financial Assets And Liabilities [Line Items] |
Forward contracts terms (in months) | 22 months
Foreign Exchange Contracts | Maximum [Member] |
Financial Assets And Liabilities [Line Items] |
Duration of foreign exchange forward contracts | 1 year

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- Definition Estimated period for the anticipated transfer of gain (loss), net, from accumulated other comprehensive income into earnings, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Period the derivative contract is outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Maximum period of time the entity is hedging its exposure to variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Excludes forecasted transactions related to payment of variable interest on existing financial instruments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35736893&loc=d3e80748-113994 + Details
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