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Re: PATCH to TYPE_HASH
Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com> writes:
> On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 15:12:15 -0800, Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>
>> Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com> writes:
>>
>>> As previously mentioned, the canonical type hash table doesn't work
>>> very well with PCH because the hash codes are based on tree
>>> addresses which are not consistent over PCH save and load. This
>>> patch changes TYPE_HASH to use TYPE_UID instead of the address.
>>
>> Please don't; I intend(ed) to kill TYPE_UID.
>
> Well, then it seems to me that you get to come up with another solution for
> hashing types across PCH. This strategy is what Geoff suggested.
Two possibilities come immediately to mind:
1) Fix PCH so it's robust in the face of pointer hashing.
2) Hash *content*, not address or UIDs.
Thoughts?
zw