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[mLib] / man / sym.3

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@@ -224,12 +224,15 @@ for (sym_mkiter(&i, t); (v = sym_next(&i)) != 0; ) {
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 That ought to be enough examples to be getting on with.
 .SS Implementation
-The symbol table is an extensible hashtable, using a 32-bit CRC as the
-hash function.  The hash chains are kept very short (probably too short,
-actually).  Every time a symbol is found, its block is promoted to the
-front of its bin chain so it gets found faster next time.
+The symbol table is an extensible hashtable, using the universal hash
+function described in
+.BR unihash (3)
+and the global hashing key.  The hash chains are kept very short
+(probably too short, actually).  Every time a symbol is found, its block
+is promoted to the front of its bin chain so it gets found faster next
+time.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR hash (3),
 .BR mLib (3).
 .SH AUTHOR
-Mark Wooding, <mdw@nsict.org>
+Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk>