# XXH3

Erlang NIF bindings for XXH3 hash functions implemented in Rust.

**Note:** It uses an experimental implementation of XXH3. I will update
it once the stable implementation is landed in underlying rust library.

## Introduction

XXH3 is a recent hash algorithm featuring:
  - Improved speed for both small and large inputs
  - True 64-bit and 128-bit outputs
  - SIMD acceleration
  - Improved 32-bit viability

Speed analysis methodology is explained [here](https://fastcompression.blogspot.com/2019/03/presenting-xxh3.html).

## Implementation

Erlang nif interface does not support passing bigints to the VM, so for 128-bit variants
a 128-bit binary is passed, and then converted to a 128-bit integer in erlang.

Erlang wrapper functions are [inlined](https://erlang.org/doc/man/compile.html#inlining) to
achieve maximum performance.

## Usage

In Erlang

```erlang
Data = <<"Test Data">>,
Seed = 1,
Secret = crypto:strong_rand_bytes(136),

H64 = xxh3:hash64(Data),
H64WithSeed = xxh3:hash64(Data, Seed),
H64WithSecret = xxh3:hash64_with_secret(Data, Secret),

H128 = xxh3:hash128(Data),
H128WithSeed = xxh3:hash128(Data, Seed),
H128WithSecret = xxh3:hash128_with_secret(Data, Secret).
```

In Elixir

```elixir
data = "Test Data"
seed = 1
secret = :crypto.strong_rand_bytes(136)

h64 = :xxh3.hash64(data)
h64_with_seed = :xxh3.hash64(data, seed)
h64_with_secret = :xxh3.hash64_with_secret(data, secret)

h128 = :xxh3.hash128(data)
h128_with_seed = :xxh3.hash128(data, seed)
h128_with_secret = :xxh3.hash128_with_secret(data, secret)
```

For more details, see the module documentation.

## License

Copyright 2021, Ali Farhadi <a.farhadi@gmail.com>.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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