On 02/18/2014 05:53 PM, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
While a well-designed interface between a base class and its
derivations (of which virtual functions are a part) is desirable, a
virtual function carries a relatively high maintenance cost. So
please never declare functions as virtual until the
On 02/15/2014 04:51 AM, Muthu Subramanian wrote:
On 02/14/2014 09:39 PM, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
Sure, but how exactly rtl::O[U]String::hashCode should behave is
somewhat orthogonal to the point that the current design of
SdPage::getHash is needlessly resource-hungry. And, as I wrote, "I
wouldn
On 02/14/2014 09:39 PM, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
Sure, but how exactly rtl::O[U]String::hashCode should behave is
somewhat orthogonal to the point that the current design of
SdPage::getHash is needlessly resource-hungry. And, as I wrote, "I
wouldn't mind changing the rtl string classes' hashC
On 02/14/2014 04:11 PM, Muthu Subramanian wrote:
On 02/14/2014 08:07 PM, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
On 02/14/2014 03:24 PM, Muthu Subramanian wrote:
How else would we build a hash value without too much work?
If you have a structure consisting of multiple parts, compute hash
values for the indiv
On 02/14/2014 08:07 PM, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
On 02/14/2014 03:24 PM, Muthu Subramanian wrote:
How else would we build a hash value without too much work?
If you have a structure consisting of multiple parts, compute hash
values for the individual parts and fold them into a single hash valu
On 02/14/2014 03:24 PM, Muthu Subramanian wrote:
How else would we build a hash value without too much work?
If you have a structure consisting of multiple parts, compute hash
values for the individual parts and fold them into a single hash value
via some suitable function, like f(x, y) = px
On 02/14/2014 06:39 PM, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
O(1) sampling was apparently considered state of the art when the rtl
string classes were first created, closely copying java.lang.String,
which at that time demanded sampling for hashCode(), too---but never
sampling more than 15 characters, wi
On 02/14/2014 11:01 AM, Muthu Subramanian wrote:
a) Not sure what other things depend on hashCode - I assumed the
functions which call that
are ok with sampling based hash and needs it quick?
b) argh :( I added the rtl parts, I guess I missed the helper part -
will do.
c) Oops will change t
Hi Stephan,
a) Not sure what other things depend on hashCode - I assumed the
functions which call that
are ok with sampling based hash and needs it quick?
b) argh :( I added the rtl parts, I guess I missed the helper part -
will do.
c) Oops will change that
d) Will add this as well
e) th
