• John C (10/10) Aug 24 2005 I needed a way to hash a string, and found that the TypeInfo classes hav...
• John C (9/20) Aug 24 2005 Ah, the getHash() function works if I pass it the address of an object. ...
• Walter (7/14) Aug 24 2005 This

"John C" <johnch_atms hotmail.com> writes:

I needed a way to hash a string, and found that the TypeInfo classes have a 
getHash() function. However, calling the function results in an access 
violation being thrown. This seems to happen for all types, not just 
strings.

    char[] name = "Jack";
    uint nameHash = typeid(char[]).getHash(name); // throws here

It's worrying that the built in method doesn't work. If it's not meant to be 
accessed by user code, it should be private. Otherwise, shouldn't it be 
fixed? It would be good to use in generic code such as templates.

John.

"John C" <johnch_atms hotmail.com> writes:

Ah, the getHash() function works if I pass it the address of an object. This 
seems inconsistent with the way things are generally expressed in D. Perhaps 
Phobos should have a template that makes hashing for non-object types less 
error-prone.

    template toHash(T) {
        uint toHash(T value) { return typeid(T).getHash(&value); }
    }

"John C" <johnch_atms hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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I needed a way to hash a string, and found that the TypeInfo classes have a 
getHash() function. However, calling the function results in an access 
violation being thrown. This seems to happen for all types, not just 
strings.

    char[] name = "Jack";
    uint nameHash = typeid(char[]).getHash(name); // throws here

 It's worrying that the built in method doesn't work. If it's not meant to 
 be accessed by user code, it should be private. Otherwise, shouldn't it be 
 fixed? It would be good to use in generic code such as templates.

 John.


 

"Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

"John C" <johnch_atms hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 Ah, the getHash() function works if I pass it the address of an object.

This
 seems inconsistent with the way things are generally expressed in D.

Perhaps
 Phobos should have a template that makes hashing for non-object types less
 error-prone.

     template toHash(T) {
         uint toHash(T value) { return typeid(T).getHash(&value); }
     }

It's that way because then it works completely generically without using
templates (makes for more compact code). Your template solution on top of it
is good.