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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 17:57:25 -0700
From: "Brian J. Watson" <Brian.J.Watson@compaq.com>
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        schoebel@eicheinformatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Subject: Common hash table implementation
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A couple of days ago, I was thinking about a common hash table
implementation, ala include/linux/list.h. Then I came across
include/linux/ghash.h, and thought that someone's already done it.
After that I noticed the copyright line said 1997, and a quick check
in cscope showed that nobody's including it.

Does anyone know if this file is worth studying and working with? I
have to wonder if nobody's using it after four years.

Does anyone see a problem with a common hash table implementation?
I've implemented a few hash tables from scratch for our clustering
work, and it's starting to get a little old. Something easy to use
like list.h would be a lot nicer.

-- 
Brian Watson             | "The common people of England... so 
Linux Kernel Developer   |  jealous of their liberty, but like the 
Open SSI Clustering Lab  |  common people of most other countries 
Compaq Computer Corp     |  never rightly considering wherein it 
Los Angeles, CA          |  consists..."
                         |      -Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1776

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