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Re: 2.2.6_andrea2.bz2

On Mon, 3 May 1999, Pavel Machek wrote:

>for hash? I think that nearly every hash is going to be linear in
>worst case (i.e. everything in one chain).

It depends on the hashfn and on the input you'll give to the hashfunction.

Personally I think that the overhead of a secondary hashtable will harm
more performances than having to handle some more collisions. better to
enlarge the first hashtable instead to add a second one.

Andrea Arcangeli


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