Re: [PATCH] Update jhash.h with the new version of Jenkins' hash

[Michał Mirosław]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:19:20AM +0100, Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote:
>  /* The golden ration: an arbitrary value */
> -#define JHASH_GOLDEN_RATIO	0x9e3779b9
> +#define JHASH_GOLDEN_RATIO	0xdeadbeef

I have a stupid question: if this is arbitrary value, then why not
just get rid of it (IOW use zero as it's used in addition)?

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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