tornavis/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_hash.hh

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/*
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*
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*
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*/
#pragma once
/** \file
* \ingroup bli
*
* A specialization of `blender::DefaultHash<T>` provides a hash function for values of type T.
* This hash function is used by default in hash table implementations in blenlib.
*
* The actual hash function is in the `operator()` method of `DefaultHash<T>`. The following code
* computes the hash of some value using DefaultHash.
*
* T value = ...;
* DefaultHash<T> hash_function;
* uint32_t hash = hash_function(value);
*
* Hash table implementations like blender::Set support heterogeneous key lookups. That means that
* one can do a lookup with a key of type A in a hash table that stores keys of type B. This is
* commonly done when B is std::string, because the conversion from e.g. a #StringRef to
* std::string can be costly and is unnecessary. To make this work, values of type A and B that
* compare equal have to have the same hash value. This is achieved by defining potentially
* multiple `operator()` in a specialization of #DefaultHash. All those methods have to compute the
* same hash for values that compare equal.
*
* The computed hash is an unsigned 64 bit integer. Ideally, the hash function would generate
* uniformly random hash values for a set of keys. However, in many cases trivial hash functions
* are faster and produce a good enough distribution. In general it is better when more information
* is in the lower bits of the hash. By choosing a good probing strategy, the effects of a bad hash
* function are less noticeable though. In this context a good probing strategy is one that takes
* all bits of the hash into account eventually. One has to check on a case by case basis to see if
* a better but more expensive or trivial hash function works better.
*
* There are three main ways to provide a hash table implementation with a custom hash function.
*
* - When you want to provide a default hash function for your own custom type: Add a `hash`
* member function to it. The function should return `uint64_t` and take no arguments. This
* method will be called by the default implementation of #DefaultHash. It will automatically be
* used by hash table implementations.
*
* - When you want to provide a default hash function for a type that you cannot modify: Add a new
* specialization to the #DefaultHash struct. This can be done by writing code like below in
* either global or BLI namespace.
*
* template<> struct blender::DefaultHash<TheType> {
* uint64_t operator()(const TheType &value) const {
* return ...;
* }
* };
*
* - When you want to provide a different hash function for a type that already has a default hash
* function: Implement a struct like the one below and pass it as template parameter to the hash
* table explicitly.
*
* struct MyCustomHash {
* uint64_t operator()(const TheType &value) const {
* return ...;
* }
* };
*/
#include <functional>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include "BLI_math_base.h"
#include "BLI_string_ref.hh"
#include "BLI_utildefines.h"
namespace blender {
/**
* If there is no other specialization of #DefaultHash for a given type, try to call `hash()` on
* the value. If there is no such method, this will result in a compiler error. Usually that means
* that you have to implement a hash function using one of three strategies listed above.
*/
template<typename T> struct DefaultHash {
uint64_t operator()(const T &value) const
{
return value.hash();
}
};
/**
* Use the same hash function for const and non const variants of a type.
*/
template<typename T> struct DefaultHash<const T> {
uint64_t operator()(const T &value) const
{
return DefaultHash<T>{}(value);
}
};
#define TRIVIAL_DEFAULT_INT_HASH(TYPE) \
template<> struct DefaultHash<TYPE> { \
uint64_t operator()(TYPE value) const \
{ \
return static_cast<uint64_t>(value); \
} \
}
/**
* We cannot make any assumptions about the distribution of keys, so use a trivial hash function by
* default. The default probing strategy is designed to take all bits of the hash into account
* to avoid worst case behavior when the lower bits are all zero. Special hash functions can be
* implemented when more knowledge about a specific key distribution is available.
*/
TRIVIAL_DEFAULT_INT_HASH(int8_t);
TRIVIAL_DEFAULT_INT_HASH(uint8_t);
TRIVIAL_DEFAULT_INT_HASH(int16_t);
TRIVIAL_DEFAULT_INT_HASH(uint16_t);
TRIVIAL_DEFAULT_INT_HASH(int32_t);
TRIVIAL_DEFAULT_INT_HASH(uint32_t);
TRIVIAL_DEFAULT_INT_HASH(int64_t);
TRIVIAL_DEFAULT_INT_HASH(uint64_t);
/**
* One should try to avoid using floats as keys in hash tables, but sometimes it is convenient.
*/
template<> struct DefaultHash<float> {
uint64_t operator()(float value) const
{
return *reinterpret_cast<uint32_t *>(&value);
}
};
template<> struct DefaultHash<bool> {
uint64_t operator()(bool value) const
{
return static_cast<uint64_t>((value != false) * 1298191);
}
};
inline uint64_t hash_string(StringRef str)
{
uint64_t hash = 5381;
for (char c : str) {
hash = hash * 33 + c;
}
return hash;
}
template<> struct DefaultHash<std::string> {
/**
* Take a #StringRef as parameter to support heterogeneous lookups in hash table implementations
* when std::string is used as key.
*/
uint64_t operator()(StringRef value) const
{
return hash_string(value);
}
};
template<> struct DefaultHash<StringRef> {
uint64_t operator()(StringRef value) const
{
return hash_string(value);
}
};
template<> struct DefaultHash<StringRefNull> {
uint64_t operator()(StringRef value) const
{
return hash_string(value);
}
};
template<> struct DefaultHash<std::string_view> {
uint64_t operator()(StringRef value) const
{
return hash_string(value);
}
};
/**
* While we cannot guarantee that the lower 4 bits of a pointer are zero, it is often the case.
*/
template<typename T> struct DefaultHash<T *> {
uint64_t operator()(const T *value) const
{
uintptr_t ptr = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(value);
uint64_t hash = static_cast<uint64_t>(ptr >> 4);
return hash;
}
};
template<typename T> struct DefaultHash<std::unique_ptr<T>> {
uint64_t operator()(const std::unique_ptr<T> &value) const
{
return DefaultHash<T *>{}(value.get());
}
};
template<typename T1, typename T2> struct DefaultHash<std::pair<T1, T2>> {
uint64_t operator()(const std::pair<T1, T2> &value) const
{
uint64_t hash1 = DefaultHash<T1>{}(value.first);
uint64_t hash2 = DefaultHash<T2>{}(value.second);
return hash1 ^ (hash2 * 33);
}
};
} // namespace blender