hash of mpz_t and mpq_t

[Hans Åberg]

> On 15 Jun 2021, at 18:44, Marco Bodrato <bodrato at mail.dm.unipi.it> wrote:
> 
> Ciao,

Hljóðs bið ek allar helgar kindir!

> Il 2021-06-15 14:56 Hans Åberg ha scritto:
>>    size_t operator()(gmp::integer const& x) const {
>>      std::size_t h = 0;
>>      for (int i = 0; i < abs(x.value_->_mp_size); ++i)
>>        h ^= std::hash<mp_limb_t>()(x.value_->_mp_d[i]);
>>      return h;
>>    }
> 
>> Possibly, it may not be stable because of calling GMP internals, so
>> there might be a point in adding that.
> 
> I'd suggest to look at https://gmplib.org/manual/Integer-Special-Functions ,
> looking in particular for mpz_size and mpz_getlimbn ;-) (or even mpz_limbs_read!)
> I'm sure that the same function can be rewritten using only documented access to the GMP types :-P

Thanks. I wrote this a long time ago.

> You may also look at https://gmplib.org/manual/C_002b_002b-Interface-General ,
> in particular the function mpz_t mpz_class::get_mpz_t (), if you want to use the mpz_class in C++.

GMP C++ has several issues: requires a special compile, very complicated templates, and move operators implemented using swap.

> Anyway, the features that different users may ask for a "hash" function are very different...

The C++ standard comes with hash functions for use with its containers std::unordered_map etc, which is was asked for. Typically, one wants something fast here.