On Nov 15, 10:40 am, Alex Vinokur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
[snip]
> I have some question concerning Bob Jenkins' functions
> hashword(uint32_t*, size_t), hashlittle(uint8_t*, size_t) and
> hashbig(uint8_t*, size_t) in lookup3.c.
>
> Let k1 by a key: uint8_t* k1; strlen(k1)%sizeof(uint32_t) == 0.
>
> 1. hashlittle(k1) produces the same value on Little-Endian and Big-
> Endian machines.
> Let hashlittle(k1) be == L1.
>
> 2. hashbig(k1) produces the same value on Little-Endian and Big-Endian
> machines.
> Let hashbig(k1) be == B1.
>
> L1 != B1
>
> 3. hashword((uint32_t*)k1) produces
> * L1 on LittleEndian machine and
> * B1 on BigEndian machine.
>
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> ---------------------
> The question is: is it possible to change hashword() to get
> * L1 on Little-Endian machine and
> * B1 on Big-Endian machine
> ?
Sorry, it should be as follows:
Is it possible to create two new hash functions on basis of
hashword():
i) hashword_little () that produces L1 on Little-Endian and Big-
Endian machines;
ii) hashword_big () that produces B1 on Little-Endian and Big-
Endian machines
?
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Thanks.
Alex Vinokur
email: alex DOT vinokur AT gmail DOT com
http://mathforum.org/library/view/10978.html
http://sourceforge.net/users/alexvn
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