hashrustbtreemap

How to get the hash which would be used for a value in a BTreeMap


I'm currently using BTreeMap because I need the stable ordering.

Is there a Rust Map structure which would allow me to tentatively add a new key/value to an ordered Map and see what the hash would be?

Currently I have to clone the whole BTreeMap, add the key/value, take the hash and drop the clone. This seems very wasteful.


Solution

  • Assuming you are talking about the hash of the whole tree as returned by its Hash::hash method, then you can see that it is implemented like this:

    fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
        for elt in self {
            elt.hash(state);
        }
    }
    

    which can be trivially adapted to insert an element virtually:

    fn hash_with_extra<H: Hasher>(map: &BTreeMap<i32, i32>, state: &mut H, extra: &(i32, i32)) {
        let mut it = map.iter();
        let mut done = false;
        while let Some (elt) = it.next() {
            if extra.0 == elt.0 {
                extra.hash (state);
                done = true;
                break;
            } else if extra.0 < elt.0 {
                extra.hash (state);
                elt.hash (state);
                done = true;
                break;
            } else {
                elt.hash (state);
            }
        }
        if done {
            while let Some (elt) = it.next() { elt.hash (state); }
        } else {
            extra.hash (state);
        }
    }
    

    Or using itertools::merge and std::iter::once:

    fn hash_with_extra<H: Hasher>(map: &BTreeMap<i32, i32>, state: &mut H, extra: &(i32, i32)) {
        for elt in merge (map.iter(), once (extra)) {
            elt.hash (state);
        }
    }