Question

i have following code

uint32 joaat_hash(uchar *key, size_t len)
  {
    uint32 hash = 0;
    size_t i;

    for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
    {
        hash += key[i];
        hash += (hash << 10);
        hash ^= (hash >> 6);
    }
    hash += (hash << 3);
    hash ^= (hash >> 11);
    hash += (hash << 15);
    return hash;
}

what will be it’s equivalent code in c++? i means data types

1>------ Build started: Project: hash_functions, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>  hash_function.cpp
1>c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\hash_function.cpp(3): error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'joaat_hash'
1>c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\hash_function.cpp(3): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\hash_function.cpp(3): error C2065: 'uchar' : undeclared identifier
1>c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\hash_function.cpp(3): error C2065: 'key' : undeclared identifier
1>c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\hash_function.cpp(3): error C2275: 'size_t' : illegal use of this type as an expression
1>          c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\predefined c++ types (compiler internal)(19) : see declaration of 'size_t'
1>c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\hash_function.cpp(3): error C2146: syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'len'
1>c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\hash_function.cpp(3): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\hash_function.cpp(3): error C2078: too many initializers
1>c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\hash_function.cpp(3): error C2275: 'size_t' : illegal use of this type as an expression
1>          c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\predefined c++ types (compiler internal)(19) : see declaration of 'size_t'
1>c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\hash_function.cpp(3): error C2059: syntax error : ')'
1>c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\hash_function.cpp(4): error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '{'
1>c:\users\david\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\hash_functions\hash_function.cpp(4): error C2447: '{' : missing function header (old-style formal list?)
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Answer 1

That, to me, seems to already be a C++ code. I wonder why you think it’s not.
But since C++ doesn’t have uint and uchar explicitly defined you’ll need to either have this piece of code before that function.
typedef unsigned int uint32;
typedef unsigned char uchar;

Otherwise, rewrite the function like:

unsigned int joaat_hash(unsigned char *key, size_t len)
{
    unsigned int hash = 0;
    size_t i;

    for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
    {
        hash += key[i];
        hash += (hash << 10);
        hash ^= (hash >> 6);
    }
    hash += (hash << 3);
    hash ^= (hash >> 11);
    hash += (hash << 15);
    return hash;
}