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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

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Tangible Equity Units, Rate

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Antidilution
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6505113

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Diluted Earnings Per Share
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6510752

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Contingent Stock Agreement
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6508534

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage for a specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The aggregate fair value amounts of derivative instruments that contain credit-risk-related contingent features that are in a net liability position at the end of the reporting period. For nonderivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, the fair value amounts are the carrying value of the nonderivative hedging instrument, including the adjustment for the foreign currency transaction gain (loss) on that instrument.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4H
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64837297&loc=SL5624258-113959

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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative 2) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Oct. 01, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Tangible equity units, rate		8.75%
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share, amount (in shares)		726,000	673,000	179,000
Foreign exchange contracts with credit-risk related contingent features		$ 0	$ 0
Equity Component [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Consecutive trading days	20 days	20 days
Minimum [Member] \| Common Class A [Member] \| Equity Component [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of equity instruments per contract (in shares)	1.9841	1.9841
Maximum [Member] \| Common Class A [Member] \| Equity Component [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of equity instruments per contract (in shares)	2.3810	2.3810