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Yet Another Murmurhash3 Binding

Documentation Status

Python/Cython Murmurhash3 binding.

Features

  • Provides a high-level Python API.
  • Provides a low-level Cython binding.
  • Python 2 and 3 support.

Example

Here is an example in Python:

from yammh3 import hash64

key = b"yammh3!"

# hash* functions return a signed integer by default.
print("signed 64 bits hash is %s" % hash64(key))  # -> -1339990020854215562
print("unsigned 64 bits hash is %s" % hash64(key, signed=False))  # -> 17106754052855336054L

In Cython, first we need to write a .pyx file with our code:

# file: yammh3_example.pyx
# mhash* functions are only available via cimport.
from yammh3._yammh3 cimport mhash64, mhash64s
from yammh3._yammh3 cimport int64_t, uint64_t, uint32_t

def print_hashes(bytes key):
    cdef uint64_t h1
    cdef int64_t h2
    cdef uint32_t n = len(key)
    cdef char *c_key = <char *>key

    with nogil:  # releasing the GIL!
        h1 = mhash64(c_key, n)
        h2 = mhash64s(c_key, n)

    print("unsigned 64 bits hash is %d" % h1)
    print("signed 64 bits hash is %d" % h2)

We need to compile it as a module, usually by using a setup script:

# file: setup.py
from setuptools import setup
from setuptools.extension import Extension
from Cython.Build import cythonize

import yammh3  # already installed

setup(
    name='yammh3-example',
    ext_modules=cythonize([
        Extension('*', ['*.pyx'], include_dirs=[yammh3.get_include()]),
    ])
)

Then we build the modules in-place:

$ python setup.py build_ext --inplace
Running build_ext
building 'yammh3_example' extension
... [snip] ...
copying build/lib.macosx-10.5-x86_64-2.7/yammh3_example.so ->

Now we are ready to run our code:

$ python -c 'import yammh3_example; yammh3_example.print_hashes(b"yammh3!")'
unsigned 64 bits hash is 17106754052855336054
signed 64 bits hash is -1339990020854215562

Credits

Murmurhash3 was originally created by Austin Appleby.

This package was created with Cookiecutter and the audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage project template.

Usage

In Python

To use the high-level functions in Python:

from yammh3 import hash32, hash64, hash128

In Cython

To use the low-level functions in Cython:

from yammh3._yammh3 cimport mhash64, ...

Use yammh3.get_include to get the includes directory.

Note

Functions with s suffix return a signed integer.

Installation

Stable release

To install Yet Another Murmurhash3 Binding, run this command in your terminal:

$ pip install yammh3

If you don’t have pip installed, this Python installation guide can guide you through the process.

From sources

The sources for Yet Another Murmurhash3 Binding can be downloaded from the Github repo.

You can either clone the public repository:

$ git clone git://github.com/rolando/yammh3

Or download the tarball:

$ curl  -OL https://github.com/rolando/yammh3/tarball/master

Once you have a copy of the source, you can install it with:

$ python setup.py install

History

0.1.1 (2016-06-23)

  • First usable release :)

0.1.0 (2016-06-17)

  • First release on PyPI.

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