16.2. Primitive Hash Function

The function sxhash is a convenient tool for the user who needs to create more complicated hashed data structures than are provided by hash-table objects.

[Function]
sxhashobject

sxhash computes a hash code for an object and returns the hash code as a non-negative fixnum. A property of sxhash is that (equalxy) implies (= (sxhashx) (sxhashy)).

The manner in which the hash code is computed is implementation-dependent but independent of the particular ``incarnation’’ or ``core image.’’ Hash values produced by sxhash may be written out to files, for example, and meaningfully read in again into an instance of the same implementation.

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