Checking the collision \
lexp.lt
# Why? In a work related context, I had to create a hash algorithm working on a finite set of values ([0, 0xFFFFFFFF]) to output a non sequential serie from a sequential one (the output had to be rendered as a UUID. Basically, I wanted to avoid generating UUID looking like 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001, that will definitely appear to be sequential and easily abused to find other IDs. # The transformation Previously I called it a hash, it’s more like a map function (or transform function for my C++ folks), operating on [0, 0xFFFFFFFF] -> [0, 0xFFFFFFFF] where the sequential aspect is lost.

I had some fun trying to check if a hash (more like a transformation really) was collision free, so I wrote a quick piece code and then iterated on it so that it was usable.

I might add a quick bench and graphs and try to push it even further just for fun, to explore std::future a bit more (though the shared bit set might be a problem unless you put a shared condition variable on it to allow concurrent read but block concurrent writes?)

  • sajran
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    1 month ago

    Ah, I didn’t think about this. Thanks for the explanation!