commit 043fe3c1d60de2261cfc817df96f9e042db12120
author Abseil Team <absl-team@google.com> Thu Sep 05 08:39:08 2024 -0700
committer Copybara-Service <copybara-worker@google.com> Thu Sep 05 08:39:51 2024 -0700
tree 3dbabea2ca1561cb54b666af2bfda21028b7c714
parent f7f316824dfe2c0c0d5e9679970004fd6ac93055

Update LowLevelHash comment regarding number of hash state variables.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 671385555
Change-Id: Ic98587062de121f127a56fecf2c494a82c6350ba

absl/hash/internal/low_level_hash.cc

diff --git a/absl/hash/internal/low_level_hash.cc b/absl/hash/internal/low_level_hash.cc
index 7f9bfdc..ec02d7e 100644
--- a/absl/hash/internal/low_level_hash.cc
+++ b/absl/hash/internal/low_level_hash.cc
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 
   if (len > 64) {
     // If we have more than 64 bytes, we're going to handle chunks of 64
-    // bytes at a time. We're going to build up two separate hash states
-    // which we will then hash together.
+    // bytes at a time. We're going to build up four separate hash states
+    // which we will then hash together. This avoids short dependency chains.
     uint64_t duplicated_state0 = current_state;
     uint64_t duplicated_state1 = current_state;
     uint64_t duplicated_state2 = current_state;