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From: grandyre@newton.ccs.tuns.ca (Robert Grandy)
Subject: Looking for generic hash function
Date: 1996/08/16
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Date: 1996-08-16T00:00:00+00:00
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Hello,

I am looking for a function that will return a random-type integer based
on a generic parameter. What I have in mind is:

generic 
  type data_type is private;
function get_data_id return Integer;

The function would return a pretty much random Integer based on its
generic parameter. I was thinking of using the 'size attribute, but
does anyone have any other suggestions.

Thanks,

Robert Grandy
4th year Computer Science 
Technical University of Nova Scotia