Why do hash functions use xor to combine multiple values?

mbauman · February 9, 2024, 4:33pm

The common idiom I see and like here is to also hash the type itself. E.g.,


      
          hash(t::T, h::UInt) where {T<:Union{HTML,Text}} = hash(T, hash(t.content, h))

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