OPEN_HASH_HELPER(3)

NAME
ohash_interval, ohash_create_entry, ohash_qlookup, ohash_qlookupi - helper functions for open hashing

SYNOPSIS
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <ohash.h>
u_int32_t
ohash_interval(const char *start, const char **pend);
void *
ohash_create_entry(struct ohash_info *info, const char *start, const char **pend);
unsigned int
ohash_qlookupi(struct ohash *h, const char *start, const char **pend);
unsigned int
ohash_qlookup(struct ohash *h, const char *start);

DESCRIPTION
These functions are commonly used to simplify open hashing usage, and use similar conventions. They operate indifferently on NUL-terminated strings ( by setting *pend = NULL) or memory ranges ( delimited by start and *pend). For NUL-terminated strings, as a side effect, those functions set *pend to the terminating NUL byte.

ohash_interval() is a simple hashing function that yields good results on common data sets.

ohash_create_entry() can be used to create a new record with a given key. In that case, the alloc field of info should point to a malloc(3)-like function to allocate the storage.

ohash_qlookupi() is a wrapper function that simply calls ohash_interval() and ohash_lookup_interval().

ohash_qlookup() is a variation on ohash_qlookupi() designed for NUL-terminated strings.

SEE ALSO
ohash_init(3)

STANDARDS
Those functions are completely non-standard and should be avoided in portable programs.

HISTORY
Those functions were designed and written for OpenBSD make(1) by Marc Espie in 1999.