1 /* 2 * sdbm - ndbm work-alike hashed database library 3 * based on Per-Aake Larson's Dynamic Hashing algorithms. BIT 18 (1978). 4 * author: oz@nexus.yorku.ca 5 * status: public domain. keep it that way. 6 * 7 * hashing routine 8 */ 9 10 #include "config.h" 11 #include "EXTERN.h" 12 #include "sdbm.h" 13 /* 14 * polynomial conversion ignoring overflows 15 * [this seems to work remarkably well, in fact better 16 * then the ndbm hash function. Replace at your own risk] 17 * use: 65599 nice. 18 * 65587 even better. 19 */ 20 long 21 sdbm_hash(const char *str, int len) 22 { 23 unsigned long n = 0; 24 25 #ifdef DUFF 26 27 #define HASHC n = *str++ + 65599 * n 28 29 if (len > 0) { 30 int loop = (len + 8 - 1) >> 3; 31 32 switch(len & (8 - 1)) { 33 case 0: do { 34 HASHC; case 7: HASHC; 35 case 6: HASHC; case 5: HASHC; 36 case 4: HASHC; case 3: HASHC; 37 case 2: HASHC; case 1: HASHC; 38 } while (--loop); 39 } 40 41 } 42 #else 43 while (len--) 44 n = *str++ + 65599 * n; 45 #endif 46 return n; 47 } 48