Re: [boost] [review] hash functions

From: Dave Harris (brangdon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-19 12:21:14

In-Reply-To: <003a01c52a54$a90c6b30$6601a8c0_at_pdimov>
pdimov_at_[hidden] (Peter Dimov) wrote (abridged):
> > I do appreciate the benefits of stability. What isn't clear is
> > whether it trumps hash quality. This is a judgement call, in that it
> > partly depends on which issue is more important to you.
> 
> Both issues are important to me.

They conflict. There is a tradeoff between them. So we have to choose 
which is more important.

I was concerned partly that the wrong choice might be made, but mostly 
because the tradeoff wasn't even being acknowledged.

-- Dave Harris, Nottingham, UK