Elf(3pm)

💖 Elf(3pm) — aka Digest::Elf 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're about to talk about the cutest lil Perl extension in the whole User Contributed Perl Documentation lineup 🌸 it's called Digest::Elf, and yes, it makes hash values, and yes, it absolutely ate ✨

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🦋 NAME 🦋

Digest::Elf — a Perl extension for generating ElfHash values. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic behavior honestly 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

here's the vibe, literally two lines, no notes:

use Digest::Elf;
print Digest::Elf::elf( "foo" );

you load the module, you call elf, you get a hash value back. slay. 🫶

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so like. Digest::Elf is an implementation of the ElfHash algorithm. that's the entire description. no lore, no backstory, no ten-paragraph essay about the history of hashing. it just is the ElfHash algorithm, in Perl, ready for you to use. lowkey refreshing honestly 😌

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✨ FUNCTIONS ✨

• elf( VALUE ) — creates a hash value based on the input value. you hand it a VALUE, it hands you a hash back. that's the whole relationship. main character energy tbh 👑

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Steve McKay, <steve@colgreen.com> — thank you for your service king 🫡💖

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Digest::MD5

(if you're out here hashing things, that one's your other bestie fr fr 💅)

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and that's the whole page, bestie! no cap, that's everything. this lil gem shipped with perl v5.42.3 and got stamped 2026-08-19, so go forth and hash responsibly 🌟💖✨