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+/* hash.c - The gdbm hash function. */
+
+/* This file is part of GDBM, the GNU data base manager.
+ Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1993, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+/* Include system configuration before all else. */
+#include "autoconf.h"
+
+#include "gdbmdefs.h"
+
+
+/* This hash function computes a 31 bit value. The value is used to index
+ the hash directory using the top n bits. It is also used in a hash bucket
+ to find the home position of the element by taking the value modulo the
+ bucket hash table size. */
+
+int
+_gdbm_hash (datum key)
+{
+ unsigned int value; /* Used to compute the hash value. */
+ int index; /* Used to cycle through random values. */
+
+
+ /* Set the initial value from key. */
+ value = 0x238F13AF * key.dsize;
+ for (index = 0; index < key.dsize; index++)
+ value = (value + (key.dptr[index] << (index*5 % 24))) & 0x7FFFFFFF;
+
+ value = (1103515243 * value + 12345) & 0x7FFFFFFF;
+
+ /* Return the value. */
+ return((int) value);
+}

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