Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2019	Oct. 31, 2018	Oct. 31, 2019	Oct. 31, 2018	Oct. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Income Tax [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes of domestic operations				$ 222,435	$ 192,643	$ 181,840
U.S. federal corporate income tax rate	35.00%		21.00%	21.00%	23.34%	35.00%
Provisional tax expense (benefit) due to revaluation of tax assets and liabilities at reduced corporate tax rate		$ 4,866		$ 4,866	$ (49,082)
Provisional tax expense to reflect the transition tax on previously deferred foreign earnings					27,618
Decrease in income tax expense					21,464
Payment of transition tax in installments, period				8 years
Earnings before income taxes of international operations				$ 208,669	255,877	$ 238,451
Undistributed earnings aggregated			$ 1,088,183	1,101,736	1,088,183
Total unrecognized tax benefits			2,891	2,909	2,891	$ 3,781	$ 3,336
Total unrecognized tax benefits impact the effective tax rate			2,411	2,429	2,411
Accrued interest expense related to unrecognized tax benefits			$ 538	593	538
Tax credit carryforwards				8,132
Tax credit carryforwards amount indefinite carryforward period				6,708
Capital loss carryforward				20,149
Indefinite carryforward period				15,425
Net change in the valuation allowance				439	$ (29)
Valuation allowance relates to tax credits and loss carryforwards				15,301
2028-2029 [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Tax credit carryforwards amount to expires				1,424
2020 through 2039 [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards				84,464
Federal [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards				169
State [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards				61,136
Foreign [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards				$ 18,435