From: Kurt  Stephens <ks.ruby@...>
Date: 2011-07-27T12:54:36+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:38548] [Ruby 1.9 - Feature #5106][Open] Is MurmurHash overkill?


Issue #5106 has been reported by Kurt  Stephens.

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Feature #5106: Is MurmurHash overkill?
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5106

Author: Kurt  Stephens
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
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st.c implements MurmurHash to compute hash table indexes (#hash).  

Simpler hash functions may be appropriate for hash tables, esp. small tables.

Is there a particular reason this hash function was chosen?  Is MurmurHash typically used for check-summing purposes?

Anybody positively adverse to changing it?  If so I won't bother.  Otherwise I might take a crack at it.

-- KAS



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