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authorPaul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev@gmail.com>2016-04-08 14:02:48 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2016-04-08 15:33:59 -0700
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New primitives sxhash-eq, sxhash-eql
* doc/lispref/hash.texi (Defining Hash), etc/NEWS: Document this. * lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el (side-effect-free-fns): Add sxhash-equal, sxhash-eq, sxhash-eql. * lisp/subr.el (sxhash): Now an alias for sxhash-equal. * src/fns.c (Fsxhash_eq, Fsxhash_eql): New functions.n
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/hash.texi b/doc/lispref/hash.texi
index 8389c214707..4607bb0a0d1 100644
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+++ b/doc/lispref/hash.texi
@@ -268,18 +268,43 @@ under the property @code{hash-table-test}; the property value's form is
@code{(@var{test-fn} @var{hash-fn})}.
@end defun
-@defun sxhash obj
+@defun sxhash-equal obj
This function returns a hash code for Lisp object @var{obj}.
This is an integer which reflects the contents of @var{obj}
and the other Lisp objects it points to.
-If two objects @var{obj1} and @var{obj2} are equal, then @code{(sxhash
-@var{obj1})} and @code{(sxhash @var{obj2})} are the same integer.
+If two objects @var{obj1} and @var{obj2} are @code{equal}, then
+@code{(sxhash-equal @var{obj1})} and @code{(sxhash-equal @var{obj2})}
+are the same integer.
-If the two objects are not equal, the values returned by @code{sxhash}
-are usually different, but not always; once in a rare while, by luck,
-you will encounter two distinct-looking objects that give the same
-result from @code{sxhash}.
+If the two objects are not @code{equal}, the values returned by
+@code{sxhash-equal} are usually different, but not always; once in a
+rare while, by luck, you will encounter two distinct-looking objects
+that give the same result from @code{sxhash-equal}.
+
+@b{Common Lisp note:} In Common Lisp a similar function is called
+@code{sxhash}. Emacs provides this name as a compatibility alias for
+@code{sxhash-equal}.
+@end defun
+
+@defun sxhash-eq obj
+This function returns a hash code for Lisp object @var{obj}. Its
+result reflects identity of @var{obj}, but not its contents.
+
+If two objects @var{obj1} and @var{obj2} are @code{eq}, then
+@code{(xhash @var{obj1})} and @code{(xhash @var{obj2})} are the same
+integer.
+@end defun
+
+@defun sxhash-eql obj
+This function returns a hash code for Lisp object @var{obj} suitable
+for @code{eql} comparison. I.e. it reflects identity of @var{obj}
+except for the case where the object is a float number, in which case
+hash code is generated for the value.
+
+If two objects @var{obj1} and @var{obj2} are @code{eql}, then
+@code{(xhash @var{obj1})} and @code{(xhash @var{obj2})} are the same
+integer.
@end defun
This example creates a hash table whose keys are strings that are
@@ -289,7 +314,7 @@ compared case-insensitively.
(defun case-fold-string= (a b)
(eq t (compare-strings a nil nil b nil nil t)))
(defun case-fold-string-hash (a)
- (sxhash (upcase a)))
+ (sxhash-equal (upcase a)))
(define-hash-table-test 'case-fold
'case-fold-string= 'case-fold-string-hash)
@@ -302,7 +327,7 @@ predefined test value @code{equal}. The keys can be any Lisp object,
and equal-looking objects are considered the same key.
@example
-(define-hash-table-test 'contents-hash 'equal 'sxhash)
+(define-hash-table-test 'contents-hash 'equal 'sxhash-equal)
(make-hash-table :test 'contents-hash)
@end example