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[gettext] Re: [BUG REPORT] weak hash function in gettext 0.10.35


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: [gettext] Re: [BUG REPORT] weak hash function in gettext 0.10.35
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:01:27 +0200 (MET DST)

Vincent Renardias wrote on 1999-06-30:

> So the hashes for "Adaptec 1542" and "Adaptec 1740" are identical so the
> second one will get the translation of the first one.

The hashes can be equal, but this doesn't matter because the hash table
has a collision resolution mechanism. Read Knuth's book about data
structures (The Art Of Computer Programming).

Bruno



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