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Re: GDB's bcache improved
> > Hash table population: 100%
> > Median hash chain length: 28
> > Average hash chain length: 28
> > Maximum hash chain length: 50
> > [...]
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> These population & chain length numbers look quite bad. Can the hash
> table not grow?
No --- they don't grow. :(
I think it's okay for the table population to be high --- that just
means your hash function is doing a good job of distributing objects
across the buckets. The only assessment that matters is chain length.
But I do agree these chain lengths are not very good.