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Re: htab_hash_string
Richard Henderson wrote:-
> You think it's worth an extra loop test for the count?
> I wouldn't have thought so.
I agree. My thoughts on this probably come from the hashtable.c
implementation, where the length is readily available, and the loop
counter, and therefore truncatable.
> It isn't quite equivalent.
You're right, I'd forgotten. I would still like to use your function
instead; I might patch that later.
> We should, however, get rid if hashtable.c altogether.
How / why? Or do you mean just move it somewhere else? It's more
specialised than the generic hashtables, and for a good reason.
Neil.