Function Hash_new

engine/script/src/script_hash.cpp:85–104

hashes a string * All ids in the engine are represented as hashes, so a string needs to be hashed * before it can be compared with an id. * * @name hash * @param s [type:string] string to hash * @return hash [type:hash] a hashed string * @examples * * To compare a message_id in an on-message callback function: * * ```lua * function on_mes

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     */
    static int Hash_new(lua_State* L)
    {
        int top = lua_gettop(L);

        dmhash_t hash;
        dmhash_t* phash = ToHash(L, 1);
        if (phash != 0)
        {
            hash = *phash;
        }
        else
        {
            const char* str = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
            hash = dmHashString64(str);
        }
        PushHash(L, hash);

        assert(top + 1 == lua_gettop(L));
        return 1;
    }

    /*# get hex representation of a hash value as a string
     * Returns a hexadecimal representation of a hash value.