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From: akcs.dnickel@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Derek Scott Nickel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Today the subject is libraries (LONG)
Keywords: libraries, finally
Message-ID: <27440f61:1132.2comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 16 Nov 90 16:40:38 GMT
References: <46387@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <35976@cup.portal.com>
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Jim,

Requarding those unknown nibbles.  You'll notice that the name-table part
of the hash-table is sorted by command name length, and then
alphabetically.  These 5 nibble fields are offsets into the name table
for a specific name length.  I.e., the first slot contains the offset to
one character names (or zero if no one character names), the second slot
contains the offset to the first two character name, the third is an
offset the first three character name... and so forth.

Thanks for the info on the unsigned pointers at the end of the hash
(pointing back to the individual names).  That had ne stumped.  I knew
they had to be related to the commands themselfs, but never guessed that
they were backward pointing.

        Derek S. Nickel