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Diffstat (limited to 'absl/hash/hash.h')
-rw-r--r-- | absl/hash/hash.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/absl/hash/hash.h b/absl/hash/hash.h index 23a65ea8..5de132ca 100644 --- a/absl/hash/hash.h +++ b/absl/hash/hash.h @@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ // types. Hashing of that combined state is separately done by `absl::Hash`. // // One should assume that a hash algorithm is chosen randomly at the start of -// each process. E.g., absl::Hash<int>()(9) in one process and -// absl::Hash<int>()(9) in another process are likely to differ. +// each process. E.g., `absl::Hash<int>{}(9)` in one process and +// `absl::Hash<int>{}(9)` in another process are likely to differ. +// +// `absl::Hash` is intended to strongly mix input bits with a target of passing +// an [Avalanche Test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche_effect). // // Example: // @@ -85,7 +88,6 @@ ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN // * T is an arithmetic or pointer type // * T defines an overload for `AbslHashValue(H, const T&)` for an arbitrary // hash state `H`. -// - T defines a specialization of `HASH_NAMESPACE::hash<T>` // - T defines a specialization of `std::hash<T>` // // `absl::Hash` intrinsically supports the following types: @@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN // * std::tuple<Ts...>, if all the Ts... are hashable // * std::unique_ptr and std::shared_ptr // * All string-like types including: +// * absl::Cord // * std::string // * std::string_view (as well as any instance of std::basic_string that // uses char and std::char_traits) @@ -124,8 +127,6 @@ ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN // * Natively supported types out of the box (see above) // * Types for which an `AbslHashValue()` overload is provided (such as // user-defined types). See "Adding Type Support to `absl::Hash`" below. -// * Types which define a `HASH_NAMESPACE::hash<T>` specialization (aka -// `__gnu_cxx::hash<T>` for gcc/Clang or `stdext::hash<T>` for MSVC) // * Types which define a `std::hash<T>` specialization // // The fallback to legacy hash functions exists mainly for backwards |