Re: I'm a total push-over..

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 25, 2008, 18:24 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0801251822530.23841@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <87abmtvkd8.fsf@jbms.ath.cx>

Hi,

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > The upside of such a hash function: less code to maintain.
> 
> A simple hash function that doesn't try to do anything regarding 
> case-insensitivity is extremely short and simple and therefore is hardly 
> a maintenance burden.

You misunderstand me. If the complicated hash function is the one that is less exercised, you _will_ face problems.

OTOH if you _already_ need the "complicated" hash function, there is _little_ point not to use it, and be consistent between platforms, _especially_ since now all people eat the same dog food.

So I never thought about the simple hash function as being a burden.

Hth, Dscho