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Income Taxes - Deferred Income Taxes - Undistributed Earnings from Foreign Subsidiaries - Narrative (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2017	Apr. 28, 2019	Oct. 28, 2018	Apr. 29, 2018
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Deferred tax liability, undistributed earnings from foreign subsidiaries	$ 322		$ 3,100	$ 4,300
U.S. income and foreign withholding taxes	42,400
U.S. foreign income tax credits	$ 42,100
Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Dividends received deduction percentage for earnings and profits received from foreign corporation		100.00%
Dividends received deduction, foreign corporation ownership percentage		10.00%

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Deferred tax liabilities arising from domestic income taxes and foreign withholding taxes as determined by applying the provisions of applicable enacted law to domestic and foreign countries.

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Income Taxes [Line Items]

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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from undistributed earnings of subsidiaries and other recognized entities not within the country of domicile of the entity.

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