On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
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> I did not have enough number of files/directories to hit a collission, but
> what if I did? What recourse would I have to fix the potential of hitting
> a collission and suffering whatever consequences it could bring?
When a hash collision occurs (which as you say is relatively rare), the
search degrades to a linear search through the items with the same hash
value. Hardly a show-stopper.
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Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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