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hash() public

Compute a hash based on the value of big.

/*
 * call-seq:
 *   big.hash   => fixnum
 *
 * Compute a hash based on the value of _big_.
 */

static VALUE
rb_big_hash(x)
    VALUE x;
{
    long i, len, key;
    BDIGIT *digits;

    key = 0; digits = BDIGITS(x); len = RBIGNUM(x)->len;
    for (i=0; i<len; i++) {
        key ^= *digits++;
    }
    return LONG2FIX(key);
}

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