Re: [PHP4BETA] Zend hash functions enchantments [PATCH]
| From: | Andrei Zmievski | Date: | Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:12:37 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP4BETA] Zend hash functions enchantments [PATCH] | ||
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On Thu, 06 Apr 2000, Jerry Lundström wrote:
> Are you sure about this?
> If it is so then then hash algo seams a little bit weak because that should
> not happen. You shouldn't get two diffrent strings with the same hash value.
No, you are not correct. There are plenty of good hash functions that
produce collisions.
-Andrei
* If it's never finished, you can't prove it doesn't work. *