bug report in String.hashCode()
Archie Cobbs
archie at whistle.com
Wed Aug 5 15:17:47 PDT 1998
Tony Kimball writes:
> Quoth Archie Cobbs on Wed, 5 August:
> : > if (hash == 0 && count > 0)
> :
> : Sure.. if you're willing to live with that 1/2^32 chance... :-)
> :
>
> You would increment it if zero when computing, leaving 0 out of range.
Nope, that changes the algorithm, which is explicitly specified.
-Archie
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