Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Fair Value Financial Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Nov. 02, 2019	Nov. 03, 2018
Long-term debt
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts		$ 0
Interest rate swap agreements	$ 138,798	0
Recurring [Member]
Other Assets
Deferred compensation investments	48,302	41,001
Interest rate derivative assets, at fair value		1,436
Total assets measured at fair value	465,192	641,399
Long-term debt
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts		7,150
Interest rate swap agreements	138,798
Total liabilities measured at fair value	138,798	7,150
Available-for-sale, amortized cost basis		205,000
Recurring [Member] \| Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	416,890	394,076
Recurring [Member] \| Corporate Obligations [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents		204,886
Recurring [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Other Assets
Deferred compensation investments	48,302	41,001
Interest rate derivative assets, at fair value		0
Total assets measured at fair value	465,192	435,077
Long-term debt
Interest rate swap agreements	0
Total liabilities measured at fair value	0	0
Recurring [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] \| Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	416,890	394,076
Recurring [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] \| Corporate Obligations [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents		0
Recurring [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Other Assets
Deferred compensation investments	0	0
Interest rate derivative assets, at fair value		1,436
Total assets measured at fair value	0	206,322
Long-term debt
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts		7,150
Interest rate swap agreements	138,798
Total liabilities measured at fair value	138,798	7,150
Recurring [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] \| Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	$ 0	0
Recurring [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] \| Corporate Obligations [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents		$ 204,886

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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