EC_HTABLE_FORCE_SEED(3)

💖 EC_HTABLE_FORCE_SEED 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Libecoli Programmer's Manual — yes the actual manual manual, section 3, the whole vibe. sit down, hydrate, let's talk about forcing a seed. 🌱✨

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✨ NAME ✨

ec_htable_force_seed — no cap, this is the one that forces a seed for the hash function. that's it. that's the job. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <ecoli/htable.h>

void ec_htable_force_seed(
    uint32_t  seed   /* The seed value. */
);

look at her. one parameter. seed. type uint32_t. she said "give me a number and I'll handle the rest." iconic behavior fr fr 👑

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea, and this is important, like genuinely read this part twice:

This function must be called before ec_init(). not after. not during. not "eh, close enough." before. 🫶

the way that it works: by default, a random value is determined during ec_init(). so if you do nothing, the universe (or, y'know, the library) just picks a random seed for you and everything's cute. 🌈

but if you do want to call the shots — if you need the hash function to use your specific seed — you call ec_htable_force_seed() first, and then ec_init() rolls with it. main character energy. you're the one deciding now. 💅✨

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the whole friend group, all of them, go say hi:

• ec_htable_iter_get_key(3)
• ec_htable_iter_get_val(3)
• ec_htable_iter_next(3)
• ec_htable_has_key(3)
• ec_htable_len(3)
• ec_htable(3)
• ec_htable_dup(3)
• ec_htable_iter_get_key_len(3)
• ec_htable_dump(3)
• ec_htable_del(3)
• ec_htable_set(3)
• ec_htable_get(3)
• ec_htable_free(3)
• ec_htable_iter(3)

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Olivier Matz, Robin Jarry.

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate it 🍓✨ this was EC_HTABLE_FORCE_SEED(3) from libecoli, dated 2026-06-11 — go forth and seed responsibly, mwah 💖🎀🦋