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Subject: Re: [boost] What hash functions should be included in a hypothetical Boost hash-v2 library?
From: Bjorn Reese (breese_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-12-31 10:57:05


On 12/31/17 01:28, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> What (non-cryptographic) hash functions should a hypothetical future
> Boost hash library contain? Have clear winners emerged by now? Which
> ones do people prefer?

I vote for FNV hashes:

 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowler%E2%80%93Noll%E2%80%93Vo_hash_function


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