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+// Public domain hash functions
+
+#ifndef NLMISC_WANG_HASH_H
+#define NLMISC_WANG_HASH_H
+
+#include "types_nl.h"
+
+namespace NLMISC {
+
+// http://burtleburtle.net/bob/hash/integer.html
+inline uint32 wangHash(uint32 a)
+{
+	a = (a ^ 61) ^ (a >> 16);
+	a = a + (a << 3);
+	a = a ^ (a >> 4);
+	a = a * 0x27d4eb2d;
+	a = a ^ (a >> 15);
+	return a;
+}
+
+// http://naml.us/blog/2012/03
+inline uint64 wangHash64(uint64 key)
+{
+	key = (~key) + (key << 21); // key = (key << 21) - key - 1;
+	key = key ^ (key >> 24);
+	key = (key + (key << 3)) + (key << 8); // key * 265
+	key = key ^ (key >> 14);
+	key = (key + (key << 2)) + (key << 4); // key * 21
+	key = key ^ (key >> 28);
+	key = key + (key << 31);
+	return key;
+}
+
+// http://naml.us/blog/2012/03 Inverse 64-bit wang hash
+inline uint64 wangHash64Inv(uint64 key)
+{
+	uint64 tmp;
+
+	// Invert key = key + (key << 31)
+	tmp = key - (key << 31);
+	key = key - (tmp << 31);
+
+	// Invert key = key ^ (key >> 28)
+	tmp = key^key >> 28;
+	key = key^tmp >> 28;
+
+	// Invert key *= 21
+	key *= 14933078535860113213u;
+
+	// Invert key = key ^ (key >> 14)
+	tmp = key^key >> 14;
+	tmp = key^tmp >> 14;
+	tmp = key^tmp >> 14;
+	key = key^tmp >> 14;
+
+	// Invert key *= 265
+	key *= 15244667743933553977u;
+
+	// Invert key = key ^ (key >> 24)
+	tmp = key^key >> 24;
+	key = key^tmp >> 24;
+
+	// Invert key = (~key) + (key << 21)
+	tmp = ~key;
+	tmp = ~(key - (tmp << 21));
+	tmp = ~(key - (tmp << 21));
+	key = ~(key - (tmp << 21));
+
+	return key;
+}
+
+} /* namespace NLMISC */
+
+#endif // NLMISC_WANG_HASH_H