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Re: How to quickly compare equality of structs ...
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: How to quickly compare equality of structs ... |
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Mon, 6 May 2019 12:00:11 -0700 |
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On 5/6/19 11:55 AM, Keith David Bershatsky wrote:
> PROBLEM: If the tentative plan makes good sense, then how can I
> programmatically turn a combination of int, enum, double and bool into one
> (1) unique numeric representation such as a SHA1 (Secure Hash Algorithm)?
It's not clear to me that hashing is needed here; why not just use
memcmp? And if you do need hashing, why not just use an ordinary hash
table rather than messing with cryptographic hashing?