GetHashCode()

[Rahul Kumar]

Could someone tell, which hashing algorithm is used in the
..Net's System.String.GetHashCode() call please?

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[Tor Bådshaug]

I think the hash algorithm is private.
According to MS Developer Support, internal sources seem to indicate
that it is a relatively simple algorithm, but not one of the publicly
available ones.

Why do you need to know this? Be aware that the algorithm of
System.String.GetHashCode is private for a reason - whatever algorithm used
may be subject to change, so implementing logic tied to the algorithm used
at a given point in time is not recommendable.

In general, I found an excerpt stating the following about hash codes and
persistence.

"If you do need to persist out a hash code and ensure it doesn't change,
use your own IHashCodeProvider to implement your own hash function for each
data type you need to persist."

Tor Bådshaug
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