Difference between revisions of "cpp/utility/hash"

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <functional>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_set>
 
struct S {
    std::string first_name;
    std::string last_name;
};
bool operator==(const S& lhs, const S& rhs) {
    return lhs.first_name == rhs.first_name && lhs.last_name == rhs.last_name;
}
 
// custom hash can be a standalone function object:
struct MyHash
{
    std::size_t operator()(S const& s) const noexcept
    {
        std::size_t h1 = std::hash<std::string>{}(s.first_name);
        std::size_t h2 = std::hash<std::string>{}(s.last_name);
        return h1 ^ (h2 << 1); // or use boost::hash_combine (see Discussion)
    }
};
 
// custom specialization of std::hash can be injected in namespace std
namespace std
{
    template<> struct hash<S>
    {
        typedef S argument_type;
        typedef std::size_t result_type;
        result_type operator()(argument_type const& s) const noexcept
        {
            result_type const h1 ( std::hash<std::string>{}(s.first_name) );
            result_type const h2 ( std::hash<std::string>{}(s.last_name) );
            return h1 ^ (h2 << 1); // or use boost::hash_combine (see Discussion)
        }
    };
}
 
int main()
{
 
    std::string str = "Meet the new boss...";
    std::size_t str_hash = std::hash<std::string>{}(str);
    std::cout << "hash(" << std::quoted(str) << ") = " << str_hash << '\n';
 
    S obj = { "Hubert", "Farnsworth"};
    // using the standalone function object
    std::cout << "hash(" << std::quoted(obj.first_name) << ',' 
               << std::quoted(obj.last_name) << ") = "
               << MyHash{}(obj) << " (using MyHash)\n                           or "
               << std::hash<S>{}(obj) << " (using injected std::hash<S> specialization)\n"
 
    // custom hash makes it possible to use custom types in unordered containers
    // The example will use the injected std::hash<S> specialization above,
    // to use MyHash instead, pass it as a second template argument
    std::unordered_set<S> names = {obj, {"Bender", "Rodriguez"}, {"Leela", "Turanga"} };
    for(auto& s: names)
        std::cout << std::quoted(s.first_name) << ' ' << std::quoted(s.last_name) << '\n';
}