From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:24:38 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] hash.h: scaffolding for _fast hashing variants
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:
> > 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