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- /*!
- @file
- Forward declares `boost::hana::Hashable`.
- @copyright Louis Dionne 2016
- @copyright Jason Rice 2016
- Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
- (See accompanying file LICENSE.md or copy at http://boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
- */
- #ifndef BOOST_HANA_FWD_CONCEPT_HASHABLE_HPP
- #define BOOST_HANA_FWD_CONCEPT_HASHABLE_HPP
- #include <boost/hana/config.hpp>
- BOOST_HANA_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
- //! @ingroup group-concepts
- //! @defgroup group-Hashable Hashable
- //! The `Hashable` concept represents objects that can be normalized to
- //! a type-level hash.
- //!
- //! In day to day programming, hashes are very important as a way to
- //! efficiently lookup objects in maps. While the implementation of
- //! maps is very different, the same idea of using hashes for efficient
- //! lookup applies in metaprogramming. The `Hashable` concept represents
- //! objects that can be summarized (possibly with loss of information) to
- //! a type, in a way suitable for use in hash-based data structures. Of
- //! course, in order for a hash to be well-behaved, it must obey some laws
- //! that are explained below.
- //!
- //!
- //! Minimal complete definition
- //! ---------------------------
- //! `hash`, satisfying the laws below
- //!
- //!
- //! Laws
- //! ----
- //! First, `hana::hash` must return a `hana::type`. Furthermore, for any
- //! two `Hashable` objects `x` and `y`, it must be the case that
- //! @code
- //! x == y implies hash(x) == hash(y)
- //! @endcode
- //!
- //! where `==` denotes `hana::equal`. In other words, any two objects that
- //! compare equal (with `hana::equal`) must also have the same hash.
- //! However, the reverse is not true, and two different objects may have
- //! the same hash. This situation of two different objects having the same
- //! hash is called a _collision_.
- //!
- //!
- //! Concrete models
- //! ---------------
- //! `hana::integral_constant`, `hana::type`, `hana::string`
- //!
- //!
- //! Free model for `IntegralConstant`s
- //! ----------------------------------
- //! Any `IntegralConstant` is `Hashable`, by normalizing its value to a
- //! `hana::integral_constant`. The type of the value held in the normalized
- //! `integral_constant` is `unsigned long long` for unsigned integral
- //! types, and `signed long long` for signed integral types.
- template <typename T>
- struct Hashable;
- BOOST_HANA_NAMESPACE_END
- #endif // !BOOST_HANA_FWD_CONCEPT_HASHABLE_HPP
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