intl/hash-string.h

   1 /* Implements a string hashing function.
   2    Copyright (C) 1995, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3
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  21
  22 /* @@ end of prolog @@ */
  23
  24 #ifndef PARAMS
  25 # if __STDC__
  26 #  define PARAMS(Args) Args
  27 # else
  28 #  define PARAMS(Args) ()
  29 # endif
  30 #endif
  31
  32 /* We assume to have `unsigned long int' value with at least 32 bits.  */
  33 #define HASHWORDBITS 32
  34
  35
  36 /* Defines the so called `hashpjw' function by P.J. Weinberger
  37    [see Aho/Sethi/Ullman, COMPILERS: Principles, Techniques and Tools,
  38    1986, 1987 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.]  */
  39 static unsigned long int hash_string PARAMS ((const char *__str_param));
  40
  41 static inline unsigned long int
  42 hash_string (str_param)
  43      const char *str_param;
  44 {
  45   unsigned long int hval, g;
  46   const char *str = str_param;
  47
  48   /* Compute the hash value for the given string.  */
  49   hval = 0;
  50   while (*str != '\0')
  51     {
  52       hval <<= 4;
  53       hval += (unsigned long int) *str++;
  54       g = hval & ((unsigned long int) 0xf << (HASHWORDBITS - 4));
  55       if (g != 0)
  56         {
  57           hval ^= g >> (HASHWORDBITS - 8);
  58           hval ^= g;
  59         }
  60     }
  61   return hval;
  62 }