Common: Add convenience function for hashing a struct

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Yuri Kunde Schlesner 2018-01-15 01:05:15 -08:00
parent 7f77820460
commit d93ee65164
3 changed files with 15 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -20,4 +20,17 @@ static inline u64 ComputeHash64(const void* data, size_t len) {
return CityHash64(static_cast<const char*>(data), len);
}
/**
* Computes a 64-bit hash of a struct. In addition to being POD (trivially copyable and having
* standard layout), it is also critical that either the struct includes no padding, or that any
* padding is initialized to a known value by memsetting the struct to 0 before filling it in.
*/
template <typename T>
static inline u64 ComputeStructHash64(const T& data) {
static_assert(
std::is_trivially_copyable<T>::value && std::is_standard_layout<T>::value,
"Type passed to ComputeStructHash64 must be trivially copyable and standard layout");
return ComputeHash64(&data, sizeof(data));
}
} // namespace Common