associativeArray.toHash()

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Michiel" <nomail at please.com> wrote in message 
news:eritp3$d3j$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Michiel wrote:
>
> I think I found a way in Phobos, but it might not be the most elegant
> one. I used std.boxer to pack each element of the array into a box. Then
> I call the Box.toHash() function on each and use the sum to calculate
> the sets hash.
>
> Is there a better way?

You can use the .getHash method of the typeinfo any type, and it'll use the 
built in hashing function.

class Set(T)
{
    ...
    T[] values; // or however you store them

    void someFunc(T data)
    {
        hash_t hash = typeid(T).getHash(&data);
    }
}