Re: [PATCH v3 10/21] pack-bitmap: add support for bitmap indexes

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On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:08:56AM +0100, Karsten Blees wrote:

> Khash is OK for sha1 keys, but I don't think it should be advertised
> as a second general purpose hash table implementation. Its far too
> easy to shoot yourself in the foot by using 'straightforward' hash-
> and comparison functions. Khash doesn't store the hash codes of the
> keys, so you have to take care of that yourself or live with the
> performance penalties (see [1]).
> 
> [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/237876

Yes. I wonder if we should improve it in that respect. I haven't looked
carefully at the hash code you posted elsewhere, but I feel like many
uses will want a macro implementation to let them store arbitrary types
smaller or larger than a pointer.

-Peff
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