intl/hash-string.h

   1 /* Implements a string hashing function.
   2    Copyright (C) 1995, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3
   4    This file is part of the GNU C Library.  Its master source is NOT part of
   5    the C library, however.  The master source lives in /gd/gnu/lib.
   6
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  19    write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
  20    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
  21
  22 #ifdef HAVE_VALUES_H
  23 # include <values.h>
  24 #endif
  25
  26 /* @@ end of prolog @@ */
  27
  28 #ifndef PARAMS
  29 # if __STDC__
  30 #  define PARAMS(Args) Args
  31 # else
  32 #  define PARAMS(Args) ()
  33 # endif
  34 #endif
  35
  36 /* We assume to have `unsigned long int' value with at least 32 bits.  */
  37 #define HASHWORDBITS 32
  38
  39
  40 /* Defines the so called `hashpjw' function by P.J. Weinberger
  41    [see Aho/Sethi/Ullman, COMPILERS: Principles, Techniques and Tools,
  42    1986, 1987 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.]  */
  43 static unsigned long hash_string PARAMS ((const char *__str_param));
  44
  45 static inline unsigned long
  46 hash_string (str_param)
  47      const char *str_param;
  48 {
  49   unsigned long int hval, g;
  50   const char *str = str_param;
  51
  52   /* Compute the hash value for the given string.  */
  53   hval = 0;
  54   while (*str != '\0')
  55     {
  56       hval <<= 4;
  57       hval += (unsigned long) *str++;
  58       g = hval & ((unsigned long) 0xf << (HASHWORDBITS - 4));
  59       if (g != 0)
  60         {
  61           hval ^= g >> (HASHWORDBITS - 8);
  62           hval ^= g;
  63         }
  64     }
  65   return hval;
  66 }