Re: [PATCH 2/4] hash.h: scaffolding for _fast hashing variants

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Sep 3, 2024, 21:24 UTC
Message-ID: <Ztd+lgWcRQs2IfvJ@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy148h3ci.fsf@gitster.g>

On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 01:47:09PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> > So I do not think that either of these two steps are necessary.
>
> I suspect that it is a wrong conclusion, as I meant (1) to be
> prerequisite for doing (2) and (3), that gives us the real benefit
> of being able to go faster than SHA1DC or even SHA-256.  If (1) is
> unnecessary (because it is already covered), that is great---we can
> directly jump to (2) and (3).

Ah, yes, after re-reading your message I am definitely mistaken here. I think that in the future doing this would be more than worthwhile.

Thanks, Taylor

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