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Various hash functions to use for calculating hash values for keys

SYNOPSIS

#include <libhashkit-1.0/hashkit.h>

Compile and link with -lhashkit

uint32_t hashkit_default(const char *key, size_t key_length)
uint32_t hashkit_fnv1_64(const char *key, size_t key_length)
uint32_t hashkit_fnv1a_64(const char *key, size_t key_length)
uint32_t hashkit_fnv1_32(const char *key, size_t key_length)
uint32_t hashkit_fnv1a_32(const char *key, size_t key_length)
uint32_t hashkit_crc32(const char *key, size_t key_length)
uint32_t hashkit_hsieh(const char *key, size_t key_length)
uint32_t hashkit_murmur(const char *key, size_t key_length)
uint32_t hashkit_murmur3(const char *key, size_t key_length)
uint32_t hashkit_jenkins(const char *key, size_t key_length)
uint32_t hashkit_md5(const char *key, size_t key_length)

DESCRIPTION

These functions generate hash values from a key using a variety of algorithms. These functions can be used standalone, or as arguments to hashkit_set_hash_fn() or hashkit_set_continuum_hash_fn().

The hashkit_hsieh() is only available if the library is built with the appropriate flag enabled.

RETURN VALUE

A 32-bit hash value.