Re: [PATCH] Update jhash.h with the new version of Jenkins' hash
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From: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
Date: 2009-02-11 20:19:23
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Hi, On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:19:20AM +0100, Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
/* The golden ration: an arbitrary value */ -#define JHASH_GOLDEN_RATIO 0x9e3779b9 +#define JHASH_GOLDEN_RATIO 0xdeadbeef
I have a stupid question: if this is arbitrary value, then why not just get rid of it (IOW use zero as it's used in addition)? Best Regards, Michał Mirosław