Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 May 1999 10:34:38 +0200 (CEST) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.6_andrea2.bz2 |
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On Mon, 3 May 1999, Pavel Machek wrote:
>for hash? I think that nearly every hash is going to be linear in >worst case (i.e. everything in one chain).
It depends on the hashfn and on the input you'll give to the hashfunction.
Personally I think that the overhead of a secondary hashtable will harm more performances than having to handle some more collisions. better to enlarge the first hashtable instead to add a second one.
Andrea Arcangeli
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