On Sep 6, 2007, at 10:53 , Mark Mielke wrote:
I don't like the truncating hash suggestion because it limits the
ability of a hash code to uniquely identify a key.
AIUI, a hash can't be used as a unique identifier: it always needs to
be rechecked due to the chance of collisions. There might be other
issues with truncation, but preventing hashes from being unique isn't
one of them.
Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net
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