(***********************************************************************) (* *) (* Objective Caml *) (* *) (* Xavier Leroy, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt *) (* *) (* Copyright 1996 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et *) (* en Automatique. All rights reserved. This file is distributed *) (* under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License, with *) (* the special exception on linking described in file ../LICENSE. *) (* *) (***********************************************************************) (* $Id$ *) (** Hash tables and hash functions. Hash tables are hashed association tables, with in-place modification. *) (** {6 Generic interface} *) type ('a, 'b) t (** The type of hash tables from type ['a] to type ['b]. *) val create : int -> ('a, 'b) t (** [Hashtbl.create n] creates a new, empty hash table, with initial size [n]. For best results, [n] should be on the order of the expected number of elements that will be in the table. The table grows as needed, so [n] is just an initial guess. *) val clear : ('a, 'b) t -> unit (** Empty a hash table. *) val add : ('a, 'b) t -> 'a -> 'b -> unit (** [Hashtbl.add tbl x y] adds a binding of [x] to [y] in table [tbl]. Previous bindings for [x] are not removed, but simply hidden. That is, after performing {!Hashtbl.remove}[ tbl x], the previous binding for [x], if any, is restored. (Same behavior as with association lists.) *) val copy : ('a, 'b) t -> ('a, 'b) t (** Return a copy of the given hashtable. *) val find : ('a, 'b) t -> 'a -> 'b (** [Hashtbl.find tbl x] returns the current binding of [x] in [tbl], or raises [Not_found] if no such binding exists. *) val find_all : ('a, 'b) t -> 'a -> 'b list (** [Hashtbl.find_all tbl x] returns the list of all data associated with [x] in [tbl]. The current binding is returned first, then the previous bindings, in reverse order of introduction in the table. *) val mem : ('a, 'b) t -> 'a -> bool (** [Hashtbl.mem tbl x] checks if [x] is bound in [tbl]. *) val remove : ('a, 'b) t -> 'a -> unit (** [Hashtbl.remove tbl x] removes the current binding of [x] in [tbl], restoring the previous binding if it exists. It does nothing if [x] is not bound in [tbl]. *) val replace : ('a, 'b) t -> 'a -> 'b -> unit (** [Hashtbl.replace tbl x y] replaces the current binding of [x] in [tbl] by a binding of [x] to [y]. If [x] is unbound in [tbl], a binding of [x] to [y] is added to [tbl]. This is functionally equivalent to {!Hashtbl.remove}[ tbl x] followed by {!Hashtbl.add}[ tbl x y]. *) val iter : ('a -> 'b -> unit) -> ('a, 'b) t -> unit (** [Hashtbl.iter f tbl] applies [f] to all bindings in table [tbl]. [f] receives the key as first argument, and the associated value as second argument. Each binding is presented exactly once to [f]. The order in which the bindings are passed to [f] is unspecified. However, if the table contains several bindings for the same key, they are passed to [f] in reverse order of introduction, that is, the most recent binding is passed first. *) val fold : ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'c) -> ('a, 'b) t -> 'c -> 'c (** [Hashtbl.fold f tbl init] computes [(f kN dN ... (f k1 d1 init)...)], where [k1 ... kN] are the keys of all bindings in [tbl], and [d1 ... dN] are the associated values. Each binding is presented exactly once to [f]. The order in which the bindings are passed to [f] is unspecified. However, if the table contains several bindings for the same key, they are passed to [f] in reverse order of introduction, that is, the most recent binding is passed first. *) val length : ('a, 'b) t -> int (** [Hashtbl.length tbl] returns the number of bindings in [tbl]. Multiple bindings are counted multiply, so [Hashtbl.length] gives the number of times [Hashtbl.iter] calls its first argument. *) (** {6 Functorial interface} *) module type HashedType = sig type t (** The type of the hashtable keys. *) val equal : t -> t -> bool (** The equality predicate used to compare keys. *) val hash : t -> int (** A hashing function on keys. It must be such that if two keys are equal according to [equal], then they have identical hash values as computed by [hash]. Examples: suitable ([equal], [hash]) pairs for arbitrary key types include ([(=)], {!Hashtbl.hash}) for comparing objects by structure, ([(fun x y -> compare x y = 0)], {!Hashtbl.hash}) for comparing objects by structure and handling {!Pervasives.nan} correctly, and ([(==)], {!Hashtbl.hash}) for comparing objects by addresses (e.g. for cyclic keys). *) end (** The input signature of the functor {!Hashtbl.Make}. *) module type S = sig type key type 'a t val create : int -> 'a t val clear : 'a t -> unit val copy : 'a t -> 'a t val add : 'a t -> key -> 'a -> unit val remove : 'a t -> key -> unit val find : 'a t -> key -> 'a val find_all : 'a t -> key -> 'a list val replace : 'a t -> key -> 'a -> unit val mem : 'a t -> key -> bool val iter : (key -> 'a -> unit) -> 'a t -> unit val fold : (key -> 'a -> 'b -> 'b) -> 'a t -> 'b -> 'b val length : 'a t -> int end (** The output signature of the functor {!Hashtbl.Make}. *) module Make (H : HashedType) : S with type key = H.t (** Functor building an implementation of the hashtable structure. The functor [Hashtbl.Make] returns a structure containing a type [key] of keys and a type ['a t] of hash tables associating data of type ['a] to keys of type [key]. The operations perform similarly to those of the generic interface, but use the hashing and equality functions specified in the functor argument [H] instead of generic equality and hashing. *) (** {6 The polymorphic hash primitive} *) val hash : 'a -> int (** [Hashtbl.hash x] associates a positive integer to any value of any type. It is guaranteed that if [x = y] or [Pervasives.compare x y = 0], then [hash x = hash y]. Moreover, [hash] always terminates, even on cyclic structures. *) external hash_param : int -> int -> 'a -> int = "caml_hash_univ_param" "noalloc" (** [Hashtbl.hash_param n m x] computes a hash value for [x], with the same properties as for [hash]. The two extra parameters [n] and [m] give more precise control over hashing. Hashing performs a depth-first, right-to-left traversal of the structure [x], stopping after [n] meaningful nodes were encountered, or [m] nodes, meaningful or not, were encountered. Meaningful nodes are: integers; floating-point numbers; strings; characters; booleans; and constant constructors. Larger values of [m] and [n] means that more nodes are taken into account to compute the final hash value, and therefore collisions are less likely to happen. However, hashing takes longer. The parameters [m] and [n] govern the tradeoff between accuracy and speed. *)