From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-01-21T20:42:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9646] Re: Strange Hash behavior

>>>>> "a" ==   <ale@crimson.propagation.net> writes:

a> #else
a> 	while (len--) {
a> 	    key = key*65599 + *p;
a> 	    p++;
a> 	}
a>     }
a>     key = key + (key>>5);
a> #endif

 This is not the hash function used in st_lookup, this is just the hash
 function defined in string.c (i.e. this is the function associated with
 String#hash) 

 This is why I've said in [ruby-talk:9552]

> p.s.: this is a bad example because in ruby String#hash is not the function
> used by st_lookup



Guy Decoux