Add more links between hash and btree collections

- Link from `core::hash` to `HashMap` and `HashSet`
- Link from HashMap and HashSet to the module-level documentation on
  when to use the collection
- Link from several collections to Wikipedia articles on the general
  concept
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Joshua Nelson 2021-02-23 00:41:41 -05:00
parent 8a9f7862bc
commit 68f41b8328
4 changed files with 16 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ use Entry::*;
/// We might temporarily have fewer elements during methods.
pub(super) const MIN_LEN: usize = node::MIN_LEN_AFTER_SPLIT;
// A tree in a `BTreeMap` is a tree in the `node` module with addtional invariants:
// A tree in a `BTreeMap` is a tree in the `node` module with additional invariants:
// - Keys must appear in ascending order (according to the key's type).
// - If the root node is internal, it must contain at least 1 element.
// - Every non-root node contains at least MIN_LEN elements.
//
// An empty map may be represented both by the absense of a root node or by a
// An empty map may be represented both by the absence of a root node or by a
// root node that is an empty leaf.
/// A map based on a B-Tree.
/// A map based on a [B-Tree].
///
/// B-Trees represent a fundamental compromise between cache-efficiency and actually minimizing
/// the amount of work performed in a search. In theory, a binary search tree (BST) is the optimal
@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ pub(super) const MIN_LEN: usize = node::MIN_LEN_AFTER_SPLIT;
/// undefined behavior. This could include panics, incorrect results, aborts, memory leaks, and
/// non-termination.
///
/// [B-Tree]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-tree
/// [`Cell`]: core::cell::Cell
/// [`RefCell`]: core::cell::RefCell
///

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@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
//! Generic hashing support.
//!
//! This module provides a generic way to compute the hash of a value. The
//! simplest way to make a type hashable is to use `#[derive(Hash)]`:
//! This module provides a generic way to compute the [hash] of a value.
//! Hashes are most commonly used with [`HashMap`] and [`HashSet`].
//!
//! [hash]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function
//! [`HashMap`]: ../../std/collections/struct.HashMap.html
//! [`HashSet`]: ../../std/collections/struct.HashSet.html
//! The simplest way to make a type hashable is to use `#[derive(Hash)]`:
//!
//! # Examples
//!

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@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use crate::iter::{FromIterator, FusedIterator};
use crate::ops::Index;
use crate::sys;
/// A hash map implemented with quadratic probing and SIMD lookup.
/// A [hash map] implemented with quadratic probing and SIMD lookup.
///
/// By default, `HashMap` uses a hashing algorithm selected to provide
/// resistance against HashDoS attacks. The algorithm is randomly seeded, and a
@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ use crate::sys;
/// The original C++ version of SwissTable can be found [here], and this
/// [CppCon talk] gives an overview of how the algorithm works.
///
/// [hash map]: crate::collections#use-a-hashmap-when
/// [hashing algorithms available on crates.io]: https://crates.io/keywords/hasher
/// [SwissTable]: https://abseil.io/blog/20180927-swisstables
/// [here]: https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/blob/master/absl/container/internal/raw_hash_set.h

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@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use super::map::{map_try_reserve_error, RandomState};
// for `bucket.val` in the case of HashSet. I suppose we would need HKT
// to get rid of it properly.
/// A hash set implemented as a `HashMap` where the value is `()`.
/// A [hash set] implemented as a `HashMap` where the value is `()`.
///
/// As with the [`HashMap`] type, a `HashSet` requires that the elements
/// implement the [`Eq`] and [`Hash`] traits. This can frequently be achieved by
@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ use super::map::{map_try_reserve_error, RandomState};
/// // use the values stored in the set
/// ```
///
/// [hash set]: crate::collections#use-the-set-variant-of-any-of-these-maps-when
/// [`HashMap`]: crate::collections::HashMap
/// [`RefCell`]: crate::cell::RefCell
/// [`Cell`]: crate::cell::Cell