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From: cadsi@ccad.uiowa.edu (CADSI)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Good hash function on window handle?
Message-ID: <1991May9.062449.4722@ccad.uiowa.edu>
Date: 9 May 91 06:24:49 GMT
References: <1991May9.061744.6829@ccad.uiowa.edu>
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From article <1991May9.061744.6829@ccad.uiowa.edu>, by cadsi@ccad.uiowa.edu (CADSI):
> From article <488@data.UUCP>, by kend@data.UUCP (Ken Dickey):
>> al@well.sf.ca.us (Alfred Fontes) writes:
>> 
>>>Has anybody come up with an exceptionally good hash function for a table
>>>keyed on the handle returned by CreateWindow()?
>> 
>> I suggest that instead of putting the handle in a table, you put the
>> table in the handle.
>>
> 
> I have a class this does this if you want it.
> If you wanna store HANDLES in the table (which is itself a HANDLE) this
> table will handle that too.  All you have to supply the map and compare
> functions as a sort of sub-class.
> No real big deal, Just lock the handle the HashTable class
> gives you for mapping and lock both during the compare.

I think I apologize to Mr. Bandwidth.  I misread that last post I responded
to.  I have not come up with a good map function based on the handle from
CreateWindow.  I just have a hashtable for the taking.  No more bandwidth....

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