From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: van Emde Boas hash. Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:56:07 -0500 Message-ID: References: <27121364.4672141258632243452.JavaMail.www@wwinf4629> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259341105 4293 80.91.229.12 (27 Nov 2009 16:58:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:58:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: A Soare Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 27 17:57:58 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NE48p-0000Ri-9a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:57:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40149 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NE48o-0001un-Sl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:57:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NE48i-0001u5-RK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:57:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NE48d-0001tR-HZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:57:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50167 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NE48d-0001tO-CO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:57:43 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:56465) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NE48c-0003UL-NS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:57:43 -0500 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id nARGu7wM008101; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:56:07 -0500 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 77D1E3A1B6; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:56:07 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (A. Soare's message of "Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:14:51 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3416=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:117875 Archived-At: > I did look at the code, and I cannot understand the algorithm from > `make-hash-table'. It's one of the standard hashing schemes, where the hash-table is resized as it grows, which should hopefully keep the access time more-or-less constant. Stefan