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Created October 5, 2012 13:27
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C++11 compile-time hash of literal strings.
#include <cstdint>
namespace detail
{
// FNV-1a 32bit hashing algorithm.
constexpr std::uint32_t fnv1a_32(char const* s, std::size_t count)
{
return ((count ? fnv1a_32(s, count - 1) : 2166136261u) ^ s[count]) * 16777619u;
}
} // namespace detail
constexpr std::uint32_t operator"" _hash(char const* s, std::size_t count)
{
return detail::fnv1a_32(s, count);
}
constexpr std::uint32_t check = "0123456789ABCDEF"_hash;
int main()
{
// Compare against precomputed value.
static_assert(check == 141695047u, "bad hash value");
return 0;
}
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A comprehensive list of general purpose hash functions and their implementations can found here:

https://www.partow.net/programming/hashfunctions/index.html

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